The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1931 |
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... known of men of which proof cannot be brought . A minister may be notoriously known to take bribes , and yet you may not be able to prove it . " Mr. Murray suggested , that the authour should be obliged to show some sort of evidence ...
... known of men of which proof cannot be brought . A minister may be notoriously known to take bribes , and yet you may not be able to prove it . " Mr. Murray suggested , that the authour should be obliged to show some sort of evidence ...
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James Boswell Edmond Malone. I suppose , have never known what it was to have a wife . " JOHNSON . " Sir , I have known what it was to have a wife , and ( in a solemn tender faultering tone ) I have known what it was to lose a wife . It ...
James Boswell Edmond Malone. I suppose , have never known what it was to have a wife . " JOHNSON . " Sir , I have known what it was to have a wife , and ( in a solemn tender faultering tone ) I have known what it was to lose a wife . It ...
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... known that his Lordship died before the sentence was made known . " 1 " Johnson one day gave high praise to Dr. Bentley's verses in Dodsley's Collection , which he recited with his usual energy . Dr. Adam Smith , who was present ...
... known that his Lordship died before the sentence was made known . " 1 " Johnson one day gave high praise to Dr. Bentley's verses in Dodsley's Collection , which he recited with his usual energy . Dr. Adam Smith , who was present ...
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