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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... Young . - Swift . -- CHAPTER II . 1781 . Warren Hastings . - Liberty and Necessity . Page 1 - Picture of a Man , by Shakspeare and by Milton . - Registration of Deeds . Duty of a Member of Parliament . - of a Bishop . - " Merriment of ...
... Young . - Swift . -- CHAPTER II . 1781 . Warren Hastings . - Liberty and Necessity . Page 1 - Picture of a Man , by Shakspeare and by Milton . - Registration of Deeds . Duty of a Member of Parliament . - of a Bishop . - " Merriment of ...
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... Young . - - Trusting to Impressions . Ancient Egyptians . Wealth . tion . - - - Original Sin.- Memory and Recollec- Marrying a pretty Woman . Thrale's Brewery . — - Mr. Bewley . Johnson's Hearth - broom . - - Visit to Ashbourne and ...
... Young . - - Trusting to Impressions . Ancient Egyptians . Wealth . tion . - - - Original Sin.- Memory and Recollec- Marrying a pretty Woman . Thrale's Brewery . — - Mr. Bewley . Johnson's Hearth - broom . - - Visit to Ashbourne and ...
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... Young . Swift . - IN 1781 , Johnson at last completed his " Lives of the Poets , " of which he gives this account : " Some time in March I finished the Lives of the Poets , ' which I wrote in my usual way , dilatorily and has- tily ...
... Young . Swift . - IN 1781 , Johnson at last completed his " Lives of the Poets , " of which he gives this account : " Some time in March I finished the Lives of the Poets , ' which I wrote in my usual way , dilatorily and has- tily ...
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... young lion is harmless , and even playful ; but when his claws are full grown , he becomes cruel , dreadful , and mischievous . " But although we have no collection of Pope's say- ings , it is not therefore to be concluded , that he was ...
... young lion is harmless , and even playful ; but when his claws are full grown , he becomes cruel , dreadful , and mischievous . " But although we have no collection of Pope's say- ings , it is not therefore to be concluded , that he was ...
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... YOUNG , he did Mr. Her- bert Croft , then a barrister of Lincoln's Inn , now a clergyman ( 1 ) , the honour to adopt a Life of Young , written by that gentleman , who was the friend of Dr. Young's son , and wished to vindicate him from ...
... YOUNG , he did Mr. Her- bert Croft , then a barrister of Lincoln's Inn , now a clergyman ( 1 ) , the honour to adopt a Life of Young , written by that gentleman , who was the friend of Dr. Young's son , and wished to vindicate him from ...
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