The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 79
James Boswell. warm water is impregnated with salutiferous substances , it may produce great effects as a bath . This ... produced a triumphant roar of laughter from the motley assembly of philosophers , printers , and de- pendents , male ...
James Boswell. warm water is impregnated with salutiferous substances , it may produce great effects as a bath . This ... produced a triumphant roar of laughter from the motley assembly of philosophers , printers , and de- pendents , male ...
Page 80
... produced , will be con- sumed by the same number of mouths , though the people may be disposed of in different ways . We see , if corn be dear , and butchers ' meat cheap , the farmers all apply themselves to the raising of corn , till ...
... produced , will be con- sumed by the same number of mouths , though the people may be disposed of in different ways . We see , if corn be dear , and butchers ' meat cheap , the farmers all apply themselves to the raising of corn , till ...
Page 82
... produce from land , with the tenth part of the labour . No , sir ; their affection for their old dwellings , and the terrour of a general change , keep them at home . Thus , we see many of the finest spots in the world thinly inhabited ...
... produce from land , with the tenth part of the labour . No , sir ; their affection for their old dwellings , and the terrour of a general change , keep them at home . Thus , we see many of the finest spots in the world thinly inhabited ...
Page 101
... common people , who were sunk in languor and lethargy , and therefore he supposed that the new con- comitants of methodism might probably produce so de- sirable an effect . The mind , like the body ÆTAT . 61. ] 101 DR . JOHNSON .
... common people , who were sunk in languor and lethargy , and therefore he supposed that the new con- comitants of methodism might probably produce so de- sirable an effect . The mind , like the body ÆTAT . 61. ] 101 DR . JOHNSON .
Page 109
... produced upon the house , that Mr. Pitt and lord Grenville , as I have heard , not only consulted with each other as to whether it was necessary that they should take the trouble of answering it , but decided in the negative . Yet ...
... produced upon the house , that Mr. Pitt and lord Grenville , as I have heard , not only consulted with each other as to whether it was necessary that they should take the trouble of answering it , but decided in the negative . Yet ...
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