The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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... question cannot be imagined . ” 1 ' I regretted that Dr. Johnson never took the trouble to study a question which interested nations . He would not even read a pamphlet which I wrote upon it , entitled " The Essence of the Douglas Cause ...
... question cannot be imagined . ” 1 ' I regretted that Dr. Johnson never took the trouble to study a question which interested nations . He would not even read a pamphlet which I wrote upon it , entitled " The Essence of the Douglas Cause ...
Page 74
... question which has been much agitated in the Church of Scotland , whether the claim of lay - patrons to present ministers to parishes be well founded ; and supposing it to be well founded , whether it ought to be exercised with- out the ...
... question which has been much agitated in the Church of Scotland , whether the claim of lay - patrons to present ministers to parishes be well founded ; and supposing it to be well founded , whether it ought to be exercised with- out the ...
Page 472
... question . Don't you consider , Sir , that these are not the manners of a gentleman ? I will not be baited with what and why ; what is this ? what is that ? why is a cow's tail long ? why is a fox's tail bushy ? ' d The gentleman , who ...
... question . Don't you consider , Sir , that these are not the manners of a gentleman ? I will not be baited with what and why ; what is this ? what is that ? why is a cow's tail long ? why is a fox's tail bushy ? ' d The gentleman , who ...
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