The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... edition of it ? " His answer was dated September 30 . you advise " You should not make your letters such rarities , when you know , or might know , the uniform state of my health . It is very long since I heard from you ; and that I ...
... edition of it ? " His answer was dated September 30 . you advise " You should not make your letters such rarities , when you know , or might know , the uniform state of my health . It is very long since I heard from you ; and that I ...
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... edition of Baxter's Call to the Unconverted . ' I am , & c . " TO MR . PERKINS . " SAM . JOHNSON . " " 21st January , 1784 . you " DEAR SIR , -I was very sorry not to see you , when were so kind as to call on me ; but to disappoint ...
... edition of Baxter's Call to the Unconverted . ' I am , & c . " TO MR . PERKINS . " SAM . JOHNSON . " " 21st January , 1784 . you " DEAR SIR , -I was very sorry not to see you , when were so kind as to call on me ; but to disappoint ...
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... edition , much enlarged , of his Account of Prisons . He has been to survey the prisons on the continent ; and in Spain he tried to penetrate the dungeons of the Inquisition , but his curiosity was very imperfectly gratified . At Madrid ...
... edition , much enlarged , of his Account of Prisons . He has been to survey the prisons on the continent ; and in Spain he tried to penetrate the dungeons of the Inquisition , but his curiosity was very imperfectly gratified . At Madrid ...
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... editions , though the meaning of the term intermediate does not seem quite clear . Perhaps Mr. Boswell may have meant ... edition of that valuable work . " To deny the exercise of a particular Providence in the Deity's government of the ...
... editions , though the meaning of the term intermediate does not seem quite clear . Perhaps Mr. Boswell may have meant ... edition of that valuable work . " To deny the exercise of a particular Providence in the Deity's government of the ...
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... editions of my favourite Thomas à Kempis , -amongst which it was in eight languages , Latin , German , French ... edition , translation , " and comment , to the number of several hundred volumes . " - Dunciad , b . iv . 1. 392. Dr ...
... editions of my favourite Thomas à Kempis , -amongst which it was in eight languages , Latin , German , French ... edition , translation , " and comment , to the number of several hundred volumes . " - Dunciad , b . iv . 1. 392. Dr ...
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