The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 - Authors, English |
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... kind of composition a nearer approach to nature is intended . Yet there are good rea- sons for reading romances ; as - the fertility of invention , the beauty of style and expression , the curiosity of seeing with what kind of ...
... kind of composition a nearer approach to nature is intended . Yet there are good rea- sons for reading romances ; as - the fertility of invention , the beauty of style and expression , the curiosity of seeing with what kind of ...
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... kind medical packet . I am very much obliged both to you and to your physicians for your kind attention to my disease . Dr. Gillespie has sent me an excellent consilium medicum ; all solid practical experi- mental knowledge . I am at ...
... kind medical packet . I am very much obliged both to you and to your physicians for your kind attention to my disease . Dr. Gillespie has sent me an excellent consilium medicum ; all solid practical experi- mental knowledge . I am at ...
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... kind offices . * * * * " I have enclosed a letter to the chancellor , which , when you have read it , you will be pleased to seal with a head , or any other general seal , and convey it to him : had I sent it directly to him , I should ...
... kind offices . * * * * " I have enclosed a letter to the chancellor , which , when you have read it , you will be pleased to seal with a head , or any other general seal , and convey it to him : had I sent it directly to him , I should ...
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