The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides. To which are Added, Volume 4J. Murray, 1835 |
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... side , made a noble appearance . My wife had tea ready for him , which it is well known he delighted to drink at all hours , particularly when sitting up late , and of which his able defence against Mr. Jonas Hanway should have obtained ...
... side , made a noble appearance . My wife had tea ready for him , which it is well known he delighted to drink at all hours , particularly when sitting up late , and of which his able defence against Mr. Jonas Hanway should have obtained ...
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... side or other ; and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance . If law- yers were to undertake no causes till they were sure they were just , a man might be precluded altogether from a trial of his claim ...
... side or other ; and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance . If law- yers were to undertake no causes till they were sure they were just , a man might be precluded altogether from a trial of his claim ...
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... side of the Tweed , as we have the benefit of promotion in England . Such an interchange would make a bene- ficial mixture of manners , and render our union more complete . Lord Chief Baron Orde was on good terms with us all , in a ...
... side of the Tweed , as we have the benefit of promotion in England . Such an interchange would make a bene- ficial mixture of manners , and render our union more complete . Lord Chief Baron Orde was on good terms with us all , in a ...
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... side of that perplexed question , and I was afraid the dispute would have run high between them . But Sir Adolphus , who had a very sweet temper , changed the discourse , grew playful , laughed at Lord Mon- boddo's notion of men having ...
... side of that perplexed question , and I was afraid the dispute would have run high between them . But Sir Adolphus , who had a very sweet temper , changed the discourse , grew playful , laughed at Lord Mon- boddo's notion of men having ...
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... side that offers him a fee . " Sir , ” said I , " it was with your argu- ments against Sir William Forbes ; but it was much that I could wield the arms of Goliath . " He said , our judges had not gone deep in the question concerning ...
... side that offers him a fee . " Sir , ” said I , " it was with your argu- ments against Sir William Forbes ; but it was much that I could wield the arms of Goliath . " He said , our judges had not gone deep in the question concerning ...
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