The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 2Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1851 |
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... less thinned at one period than another , whether by emigrations , war , or pestilence , not by their being more or less prolific . Births at all times bear the same proportion to the same number of people . " BOSWELL : " But to ...
... less thinned at one period than another , whether by emigrations , war , or pestilence , not by their being more or less prolific . Births at all times bear the same proportion to the same number of people . " BOSWELL : " But to ...
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... less occasion is there for law ; that is to say , the less occasion is there for investigating principles . " Sir A .: " I have been correcting several Scotch accents in my friend Bos- well . I doubt , Sir , if any Scotchman ever ...
... less occasion is there for law ; that is to say , the less occasion is there for investigating principles . " Sir A .: " I have been correcting several Scotch accents in my friend Bos- well . I doubt , Sir , if any Scotchman ever ...
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... less ferocious , and therefore the laws against fraud and covin shall be relaxed . ' " Whatever reason may have influenced the judges to a relaxation of the law , it was not that the nation was grown less fierce ; and , I am afraid , it ...
... less ferocious , and therefore the laws against fraud and covin shall be relaxed . ' " Whatever reason may have influenced the judges to a relaxation of the law , it was not that the nation was grown less fierce ; and , I am afraid , it ...
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Frontispiece Johnsons interview with George III | 6 |
Johnsons fit of laughter at the Temple Gate from an original drawing 170 | 7 |
17661767 | 9 |
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