The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... wish to depreciate him , should , since his death , have laid hold of this circumstance , and insisted upon it with very unfair aggravation . Amidst the oppression and distraction of a disease which very few have felt in its full extent ...
... wish to depreciate him , should , since his death , have laid hold of this circumstance , and insisted upon it with very unfair aggravation . Amidst the oppression and distraction of a disease which very few have felt in its full extent ...
Page 38
... wish , that the world should think Dr. Johnson also under the influence of that easy logick , Stet pro ratione voluntas .'- BOSWELL . " At a later period of his life , in 1755 , Johnson exhibited his admiration of the pious Law's ...
... wish , that the world should think Dr. Johnson also under the influence of that easy logick , Stet pro ratione voluntas .'- BOSWELL . " At a later period of his life , in 1755 , Johnson exhibited his admiration of the pious Law's ...
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... wish that his life should be written . The debates in parliament , which were brought home and digested by Guthrie , whose memory , though surpassed by others who have since followed him in the same depart- ment , was yet very quick and ...
... wish that his life should be written . The debates in parliament , which were brought home and digested by Guthrie , whose memory , though surpassed by others who have since followed him in the same depart- ment , was yet very quick and ...
Page 93
... wish for an answer . “ I am , sir , " Your humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " n They afterwards appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine with this title— Verses to Lady Firebrace , at Bury Assizes . • Du Halde's Description of China was ...
... wish for an answer . “ I am , sir , " Your humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " n They afterwards appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine with this title— Verses to Lady Firebrace , at Bury Assizes . • Du Halde's Description of China was ...
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... wish that her story should not be brought into more conspicuous notice by the satirical pen of Savage . - BoswELl . 1 Miss Mason , after having forfeited the title of lady Macclesfield by divorce , was married to colonel Brett , and ...
... wish that her story should not be brought into more conspicuous notice by the satirical pen of Savage . - BoswELl . 1 Miss Mason , after having forfeited the title of lady Macclesfield by divorce , was married to colonel Brett , and ...
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