The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... perhaps be concluded that he was familiar with the old pleasure resort which once occupied the site of Bedlam , and was known as the Dog and Duck ; but from the playful proposal which , much to Lady Sydney Beauclerk's disgust , he once ...
... perhaps be concluded that he was familiar with the old pleasure resort which once occupied the site of Bedlam , and was known as the Dog and Duck ; but from the playful proposal which , much to Lady Sydney Beauclerk's disgust , he once ...
Page xxxiii
... perhaps , hard as it may be , I shall not be surprised if omissions or mistakes be pointed out with invidious severity . I have also been extremely careful as to the exactness of my quotations ; holding that there is a respect due to ...
... perhaps , hard as it may be , I shall not be surprised if omissions or mistakes be pointed out with invidious severity . I have also been extremely careful as to the exactness of my quotations ; holding that there is a respect due to ...
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... perhaps to the collector himself , may not be most agreeable to many ; and the greater number that an authour can please in any degree , the more pleasure does there arise to a benevolent mind . To those who are weak enough to think ...
... perhaps to the collector himself , may not be most agreeable to many ; and the greater number that an authour can please in any degree , the more pleasure does there arise to a benevolent mind . To those who are weak enough to think ...
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... perhaps , have studied more assiduously ; but it may be doubted , whether such a mind as his was not more enriched by roaming at large in the fields of literature , than if it had been confined to any single spot . The analogy between ...
... perhaps , have studied more assiduously ; but it may be doubted , whether such a mind as his was not more enriched by roaming at large in the fields of literature , than if it had been confined to any single spot . The analogy between ...
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... perhaps to laugh at it . But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable of rational enquiry . ” " " 1 From this time forward religion was the 1 ...
... perhaps to laugh at it . But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable of rational enquiry . ” " " 1 From this time forward religion was the 1 ...
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