The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... nature and characters only of manners . But I cannot help being of opinion , that the neat watches of Fielding are as well constructed as the large clocks of Richardson , and that his dial - plates are brighter . Field- ing's characters ...
... nature and characters only of manners . But I cannot help being of opinion , that the neat watches of Fielding are as well constructed as the large clocks of Richardson , and that his dial - plates are brighter . Field- ing's characters ...
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... natural one . The situation of St. Kilda renders a north - east wind indispensably necessary before a stranger can land . The wind , not the stranger , occasions an epidemick cold . If I am not mistaken , Mr. Macaulay is dead : if ...
... natural one . The situation of St. Kilda renders a north - east wind indispensably necessary before a stranger can land . The wind , not the stranger , occasions an epidemick cold . If I am not mistaken , Mr. Macaulay is dead : if ...
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... natural philosophy . " That woodcocks , " said he , " fly over to the northern coun- tries is proved , because they have been observed at sea . Swallows certainly sleep all the winter . A number of them conglobulate together , by flying ...
... natural philosophy . " That woodcocks , " said he , " fly over to the northern coun- tries is proved , because they have been observed at sea . Swallows certainly sleep all the winter . A number of them conglobulate together , by flying ...
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... nature , for which he was upon all occasions remarkable . Taking care to keep in view the moral and religious duty , as understood in our nation , he showed clearly , from reason and good sense , the greater degree of culpability in the ...
... nature , for which he was upon all occasions remarkable . Taking care to keep in view the moral and religious duty , as understood in our nation , he showed clearly , from reason and good sense , the greater degree of culpability in the ...
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... nature , that as we live on we must see those whom we love drop successively , and find our circle of relation grow less and less , till we are almost un- connected with the world ; and then it must soon be our turn to drop into the ...
... nature , that as we live on we must see those whom we love drop successively , and find our circle of relation grow less and less , till we are almost un- connected with the world ; and then it must soon be our turn to drop into the ...
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