The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D: Including A Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2A. V. Blake, 1844 |
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... tion of the Amicable Society ; and pay each twopence a week to the box . Any woman who can produce the weekly twopence is admitted to the society ; and when any of the subscribers is in want , she has six poor shillings a week ; and , I ...
... tion of the Amicable Society ; and pay each twopence a week to the box . Any woman who can produce the weekly twopence is admitted to the society ; and when any of the subscribers is in want , she has six poor shillings a week ; and , I ...
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... tion of many minds pointing to one centre . Though few boys make their own exer- cises , yet if a good exercise is given up , out of a great number of boys , it is made by somebody . " " I hate by - roads in education . Educa- tion is ...
... tion of many minds pointing to one centre . Though few boys make their own exer- cises , yet if a good exercise is given up , out of a great number of boys , it is made by somebody . " " I hate by - roads in education . Educa- tion is ...
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... tion should restrain your father from disin- heriting some of the males , does it leave you the power of disinheriting all the females ? " Can the possessor of a feudal estate make any will ? Can he appoint , out of the inheritance ...
... tion should restrain your father from disin- heriting some of the males , does it leave you the power of disinheriting all the females ? " Can the possessor of a feudal estate make any will ? Can he appoint , out of the inheritance ...
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... tion in antiquities , or any other subject in which human happiness is not deeply in terested , a man may treat his antagonist with politeness and even respect . But where the controversy is concerning the truth of religion , it is of ...
... tion in antiquities , or any other subject in which human happiness is not deeply in terested , a man may treat his antagonist with politeness and even respect . But where the controversy is concerning the truth of religion , it is of ...
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... tion of Tibullus , he thought , was very well done ; but " The Sugar - cane , a Poem , " did not please him 1 ; for , he exclaimed , " What could he make of a sugar - cane ? One might as we write the Parsley - bed , a Poem ; ' or ' The ...
... tion of Tibullus , he thought , was very well done ; but " The Sugar - cane , a Poem , " did not please him 1 ; for , he exclaimed , " What could he make of a sugar - cane ? One might as we write the Parsley - bed , a Poem ; ' or ' The ...
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