The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3National ilustrated library, 1859 |
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... believe most men have them in the degree in which they are capable of having them . If I were in the country , and were distressed by that malady , I would force myself to take a book ; and every time I did it I should find it the ...
... believe most men have them in the degree in which they are capable of having them . If I were in the country , and were distressed by that malady , I would force myself to take a book ; and every time I did it I should find it the ...
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... controverting an opinion which we believe and value ; we rather pity him . " JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , to be sure when you wish a man to have that belief which you think is of infinite advantage AGE 67. ] 7 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... controverting an opinion which we believe and value ; we rather pity him . " JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , to be sure when you wish a man to have that belief which you think is of infinite advantage AGE 67. ] 7 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... believe Mr. Murray was very much influenced by what he had heard to - day , in his determination to send his own son to Westminster school . - I have acted in the same manner with regard to my own two sons ; having placed the eldest at ...
... believe Mr. Murray was very much influenced by what he had heard to - day , in his determination to send his own son to Westminster school . - I have acted in the same manner with regard to my own two sons ; having placed the eldest at ...
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... believe , no modern decided case to that effect . In the King's Bench , Trinity Term , 1790 , the question occurred on occasion of an indictment , The King v . Topham , who , as a proprietor of a newspaper entitled " The World , " was ...
... believe , no modern decided case to that effect . In the King's Bench , Trinity Term , 1790 , the question occurred on occasion of an indictment , The King v . Topham , who , as a proprietor of a newspaper entitled " The World , " was ...
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... believe , the last of that profession called Scriveners , which is one of the London companies , but of which the business is no longer carried on separately , but is transacted by attorneys and others . He was a man of literature and ...
... believe , the last of that profession called Scriveners , which is one of the London companies , but of which the business is no longer carried on separately , but is transacted by attorneys and others . He was a man of literature and ...
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