The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... doubt the year 1746 , and not the age of either party . - ED . ] 2 [ He , by this word , means that he had in prayer recommended his departed friend to the mercy of God . See ante , vol . i . p . 219.-ED. ] 3 See an account of him in ...
... doubt the year 1746 , and not the age of either party . - ED . ] 2 [ He , by this word , means that he had in prayer recommended his departed friend to the mercy of God . See ante , vol . i . p . 219.-ED. ] 3 See an account of him in ...
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... doubt , and whom there is yet hope of seeing again . 66 Of my life , from the time we parted , the history is mournful . The spring of last year deprived me of Thrale , a man whose eye for fifteen years had scarcely been turned upon me ...
... doubt , and whom there is yet hope of seeing again . 66 Of my life , from the time we parted , the history is mournful . The spring of last year deprived me of Thrale , a man whose eye for fifteen years had scarcely been turned upon me ...
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... doubt there was a great body , perhaps the numerical majority of the nation , who were opposed to or , at least , not cordial to the Hanover succession ; but the events of 1745 showed how small in number and how weak in feeling the ...
... doubt there was a great body , perhaps the numerical majority of the nation , who were opposed to or , at least , not cordial to the Hanover succession ; but the events of 1745 showed how small in number and how weak in feeling the ...
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... doubt whether he heard this remark . While we went on talking triumphantly , I was fixed in admiration , and said to Mrs. Thrale , " O for short - hand to take this down ! " " You'll carry it all in your head , ” said she : " a long ...
... doubt whether he heard this remark . While we went on talking triumphantly , I was fixed in admiration , and said to Mrs. Thrale , " O for short - hand to take this down ! " " You'll carry it all in your head , ” said she : " a long ...
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... powers , Johnson had found him very defective . He once said to Sir Joshua Rey- 2 [ No doubt Lord Mansfield . See ante , v . ii . p . 151.—ED. ] [ Probably Lord Loughborough . - Ed . ] Juv . 1 Sat. 29 . nolds , " This 1783. - ETAT . 74 .
... powers , Johnson had found him very defective . He once said to Sir Joshua Rey- 2 [ No doubt Lord Mansfield . See ante , v . ii . p . 151.—ED. ] [ Probably Lord Loughborough . - Ed . ] Juv . 1 Sat. 29 . nolds , " This 1783. - ETAT . 74 .
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