The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... perhaps , hard as it may be , I shall not be surprised if omissions or mistakes be pointed out with invidious severity . I have also been extremely careful as to the exactness of my quotations ; holding that there is a respect due to ...
... perhaps , hard as it may be , I shall not be surprised if omissions or mistakes be pointed out with invidious severity . I have also been extremely careful as to the exactness of my quotations ; holding that there is a respect due to ...
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... perhaps to the collector himself , may not be most agreeable to many ; and the greater number that an author can please in any degree , the more pleasure does there arise to a benevolent mind . To those who are weak enough to think this ...
... perhaps to the collector himself , may not be most agreeable to many ; and the greater number that an author can please in any degree , the more pleasure does there arise to a benevolent mind . To those who are weak enough to think this ...
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... perhaps , have studied more assiduously ; but it may be doubted , whether such a mind as his was not more enriched by roaming at large in the fields of litera- ture than if it had been confined to any single spot . The analogy between ...
... perhaps , have studied more assiduously ; but it may be doubted , whether such a mind as his was not more enriched by roaming at large in the fields of litera- ture than if it had been confined to any single spot . The analogy between ...
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... perhaps to laugh at it . But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable of rational inquiry . " " 2 1 William Law ( 1686-1761 ) , a non - juring ...
... perhaps to laugh at it . But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable of rational inquiry . " " 2 1 William Law ( 1686-1761 ) , a non - juring ...
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... perhaps , in point of elegance and accomplishments , inferior to few of those with whom he was afterward acquainted . Mr. Meynell's eldest daughter was afterward married to Mr. Fitzherbert , father to Mr. Alleyne Fitzherbert , lately ...
... perhaps , in point of elegance and accomplishments , inferior to few of those with whom he was afterward acquainted . Mr. Meynell's eldest daughter was afterward married to Mr. Fitzherbert , father to Mr. Alleyne Fitzherbert , lately ...
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