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 : in Two Volumes, Volume 2Henry Baldwin, 1791 - Authors, English |
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... same name with the lands , having fallen to the Crown by forfeiture , James the Fourth , King of Scotland , granted it to Thomas Boswell , a branch of an ancient family in the county of Fife , stiling him in the charter , “ dilecto ...
... same name with the lands , having fallen to the Crown by forfeiture , James the Fourth , King of Scotland , granted it to Thomas Boswell , a branch of an ancient family in the county of Fife , stiling him in the charter , “ dilecto ...
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... same tenure which we held it , which was as heirs male , excluding nearer females . I therefore , as I thought conscientiously , objected to my father's scheme . • Acts of the Parliament of Scotland , 1685 , Cap . 22 . * As first , the ...
... same tenure which we held it , which was as heirs male , excluding nearer females . I therefore , as I thought conscientiously , objected to my father's scheme . • Acts of the Parliament of Scotland , 1685 , Cap . 22 . * As first , the ...
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... same . DEAR SIR , « TO the letters which I have written about your great question I have nothing to add . If your conscience is satisfied , you have now only your prudence to consult . I long for a letter , that I may know how this ...
... same . DEAR SIR , « TO the letters which I have written about your great question I have nothing to add . If your conscience is satisfied , you have now only your prudence to consult . I long for a letter , that I may know how this ...
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... same . Etat . 67 . a « DEAR SIR , “ VERY early in April we leave England , and in the beginning of the next week I shall leave London for a short time ; of this I think it necessary to inform you , that you may not be disappointed in ...
... same . Etat . 67 . a « DEAR SIR , “ VERY early in April we leave England , and in the beginning of the next week I shall leave London for a short time ; of this I think it necessary to inform you , that you may not be disappointed in ...
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... same , and be as fertile where there is no money , as where there is , yet all that portion of the happiness of civil life , which is produced by money circulating in a country , would be lost . ” Boswell . - Then , Sir , would it be ...
... same , and be as fertile where there is no money , as where there is , yet all that portion of the happiness of civil life , which is produced by money circulating in a country , would be lost . ” Boswell . - Then , Sir , would it be ...
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