The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 8Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
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... was a friendly execution put in to screen Steele's goods from hostile creditors . A not infrequent practice , nor quite unjustifiable , if the debt be real . - C 6 wanted to alarm Steele , he would afterwards have 22 1781 LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... was a friendly execution put in to screen Steele's goods from hostile creditors . A not infrequent practice , nor quite unjustifiable , if the debt be real . - C 6 wanted to alarm Steele , he would afterwards have 22 1781 LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... afterwards have re- turned the money to his friend , which it is not pretended he did . ' ' This too , ' he added , might be retorted by an advocate for Steele , who might allege , that he did not repay the loan intentionally , merely ...
... afterwards have re- turned the money to his friend , which it is not pretended he did . ' ' This too , ' he added , might be retorted by an advocate for Steele , who might allege , that he did not repay the loan intentionally , merely ...
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... afterwards referred to in this work . Various Readings in the Life of ADDISON . " [ But he was our first example . ] He was , however , one of our earliest examples of correctness . " And [ overlook ] despise their masters . " His ...
... afterwards referred to in this work . Various Readings in the Life of ADDISON . " [ But he was our first example . ] He was , however , one of our earliest examples of correctness . " And [ overlook ] despise their masters . " His ...
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... afterwards learned , that however he might have lamented his wife , his end was hastened by other means . M. The com- mon story combines both these causes ; for it is said , that the loss of his wife led poor Parnell into such ...
... afterwards learned , that however he might have lamented his wife , his end was hastened by other means . M. The com- mon story combines both these causes ; for it is said , that the loss of his wife led poor Parnell into such ...
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... Afterwards Sir Herbert Croft , bart . He died at Paris , April 27. 1816. See Gent . Mag . for May , 1816. — C. ( 2 ) Gentleman's Magazine , vol . lv . p . 10 . ( 8 ) Mr. Burke . M felicity , " It has all the contortions of the ÆTAT . 72 ...
... Afterwards Sir Herbert Croft , bart . He died at Paris , April 27. 1816. See Gent . Mag . for May , 1816. — C. ( 2 ) Gentleman's Magazine , vol . lv . p . 10 . ( 8 ) Mr. Burke . M felicity , " It has all the contortions of the ÆTAT . 72 ...
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