The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... reasons for it . " I have heard Johnson pay his lordship this high compliment : " I never was in lord Eli- bank's company without learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon service . Thrale said , he ...
... reasons for it . " I have heard Johnson pay his lordship this high compliment : " I never was in lord Eli- bank's company without learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon service . Thrale said , he ...
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... who had seen the world , attesting , and at the same time giving his reasons for the authenticity of Fingal : - " I have heard all that Mr. Tyrwhitt , Mr. Warton , Mr. Malone . poem when I was young . " - " Have 40 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
... who had seen the world , attesting , and at the same time giving his reasons for the authenticity of Fingal : - " I have heard all that Mr. Tyrwhitt , Mr. Warton , Mr. Malone . poem when I was young . " - " Have 40 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
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... reason sir Robert Walpole said , he always talked bawdy at his table , be- cause in that all could join . " Being irritated by hearing a gentleman ask Mr. Levet a variety of questions concerning him when he was sitting by , he broke out ...
... reason sir Robert Walpole said , he always talked bawdy at his table , be- cause in that all could join . " Being irritated by hearing a gentleman ask Mr. Levet a variety of questions concerning him when he was sitting by , he broke out ...
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... 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 reversed , if Mr. Thomson should ...
... 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 reversed , if Mr. Thomson should ...
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... reason to know something about that officer , for I was prosecuted for a libel . ” Johnson , who many people would have supposed must have been furiously angry at hearing this talked of He was now , so lightly , said not a word . indeed ...
... reason to know something about that officer , for I was prosecuted for a libel . ” Johnson , who many people would have supposed must have been furiously angry at hearing this talked of He was now , so lightly , said not a word . indeed ...
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