The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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Page 76
... leave both riches and power where it finds them : and must often leave riches with the covetous , and power with the cruel . Convenience may be a rule in little things , where no other rule has been established . But as the great end of ...
... leave both riches and power where it finds them : and must often leave riches with the covetous , and power with the cruel . Convenience may be a rule in little things , where no other rule has been established . But as the great end of ...
Page 212
... leave sartum tectum to posterity , what we have without any merit of our own received from our ancestors , should not choice and free - will be kept unviolated ? -Is land to be treated with more reverence than liberty ? -If this ...
... leave sartum tectum to posterity , what we have without any merit of our own received from our ancestors , should not choice and free - will be kept unviolated ? -Is land to be treated with more reverence than liberty ? -If this ...
Page 224
... leaving England I am to take a jaunt to Oxford , Birming- ham , my native city Lichfield , and my old friend , Dr. Taylor's ... leave London to have the pleasure of his conversation . I mentioned with much regret the extravagance of the ...
... leaving England I am to take a jaunt to Oxford , Birming- ham , my native city Lichfield , and my old friend , Dr. Taylor's ... leave London to have the pleasure of his conversation . I mentioned with much regret the extravagance of the ...
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