The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 52
... opinions of the judges , being the reasons upon which their decree is grounded . " These papers you will please to peruse , and give your opinion , " Whether there is a probability of the above decree of the court of session's being ...
... opinions of the judges , being the reasons upon which their decree is grounded . " These papers you will please to peruse , and give your opinion , " Whether there is a probability of the above decree of the court of session's being ...
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... opinion of sir John . But I conceived an irresistible wish , if possible , to bring Dr. Johnson and Mr. Wilkes together . How to manage it , was a nice and difficult matter . 66 My worthy booksellers and friends , Messieurs Dilly in the ...
... opinion of sir John . But I conceived an irresistible wish , if possible , to bring Dr. Johnson and Mr. Wilkes together . How to manage it , was a nice and difficult matter . 66 My worthy booksellers and friends , Messieurs Dilly in the ...
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... opinion of the fellow , I was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man against his will . I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly , affecting not to mind him . But the dog was so very comical , that I was ...
... opinion of the fellow , I was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man against his will . I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly , affecting not to mind him . But the dog was so very comical , that I was ...
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... opinion , the reputation of avarice which he has had , has been very lucky for him , and pre- vented his having many enemies . You despise a man for avarice , but do not hate him . Garrick might have been much better attacked for living ...
... opinion , the reputation of avarice which he has had , has been very lucky for him , and pre- vented his having many enemies . You despise a man for avarice , but do not hate him . Garrick might have been much better attacked for living ...
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... opinion , that it is not sufficiently discriminative . Applying to Goldsmith equally the epithets of " poetæ , historici , physici , " is surely not right ; for as to his claim to the last of those epithets , I have heard Johnson ...
... opinion , that it is not sufficiently discriminative . Applying to Goldsmith equally the epithets of " poetæ , historici , physici , " is surely not right ; for as to his claim to the last of those epithets , I have heard Johnson ...
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