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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... once admitted , as it universally is , it must be equally reasonable and proper in the most remote degree of descent from an original proprietor of an estate , as in the neareft ; because , -however distant from the representative at ...
... once admitted , as it universally is , it must be equally reasonable and proper in the most remote degree of descent from an original proprietor of an estate , as in the neareft ; because , -however distant from the representative at ...
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... once exhibits his extraordinary precision and acuteness , and his warm attachment to his ALMA MATER . 1 To the Reverend Dr. WETHERELL , Master of University - College , Oxford . " DEAR SIR , “ FEW things are more unpleasant than the ...
... once exhibits his extraordinary precision and acuteness , and his warm attachment to his ALMA MATER . 1 To the Reverend Dr. WETHERELL , Master of University - College , Oxford . " DEAR SIR , “ FEW things are more unpleasant than the ...
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... once ? ” Johnson . “ So far , Sir , as money produces good it would be an advantage ; for , then that country would have as much money circulating in it as it is worth . But to be sure this would be counterbalanced by disadvantages ...
... once ? ” Johnson . “ So far , Sir , as money produces good it would be an advantage ; for , then that country would have as much money circulating in it as it is worth . But to be sure this would be counterbalanced by disadvantages ...
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... once done , he has no longer any merit : for though it is out of his power to steal , yet he may all his life be a thief in his heart . So when a man has once become a Carthusian , he is obliged to continue so , whether he chooses it or ...
... once done , he has no longer any merit : for though it is out of his power to steal , yet he may all his life be a thief in his heart . So when a man has once become a Carthusian , he is obliged to continue so , whether he chooses it or ...
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... once engaged in any particular way of life . ” . On Tuesday , March 19 , which was fixed for our proposed jaunt , we met in the morning at the Somerset coffee - house in the Strand , where we were taken up by the Oxford coach . He was ...
... once engaged in any particular way of life . ” . On Tuesday , March 19 , which was fixed for our proposed jaunt , we met in the morning at the Somerset coffee - house in the Strand , where we were taken up by the Oxford coach . He was ...
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