The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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Page 133
... suppose he knows much less of the matter than ourselves . ' In the mean time , the bookseller says that the sale1 is sufficiently quick . They printed four thousand . Correct your copy wherever it is wrong , and bring it up . Your ...
... suppose he knows much less of the matter than ourselves . ' In the mean time , the bookseller says that the sale1 is sufficiently quick . They printed four thousand . Correct your copy wherever it is wrong , and bring it up . Your ...
Page 162
... suppose because it is a kind of animal food . --- He entered upon the state of the nation , and thus dis- coursed : ' Sir , the great misfortune now is , that government has too little power . All that it has to bestow must of necessity ...
... suppose because it is a kind of animal food . --- He entered upon the state of the nation , and thus dis- coursed : ' Sir , the great misfortune now is , that government has too little power . All that it has to bestow must of necessity ...
Page 221
... suppose , with all our scholastick ignorance of mankind , we are still too knowing to expect that the booksellers will erect themselves into patrons , and buy and sell under the influence of a disinterested zeal for the promotion of ...
... suppose , with all our scholastick ignorance of mankind , we are still too knowing to expect that the booksellers will erect themselves into patrons , and buy and sell under the influence of a disinterested zeal for the promotion of ...
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