The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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Page 246
... common incidents in their real state , is disposed by very common incidents to very serious contemplations . Let us trust that 1 [ Samuel Richardson , the authour of Clarissa , Sir Charles Grandison , & c . He died July 4 , 1761 , aged ...
... common incidents in their real state , is disposed by very common incidents to very serious contemplations . Let us trust that 1 [ Samuel Richardson , the authour of Clarissa , Sir Charles Grandison , & c . He died July 4 , 1761 , aged ...
Page 304
... common people , and which clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a principle of duty , when it is suited to their congregations ; a practice , for which they will be praised by men of sense . To insist against drunkenness as ...
... common people , and which clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a principle of duty , when it is suited to their congregations ; a practice , for which they will be praised by men of sense . To insist against drunkenness as ...
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... common people , without any impression upon their hearts . Something might be necessary , he observed , to excite the affections of the common people , who were sunk in languor and lethargy , and therefore he supposed that the new ...
... common people , without any impression upon their hearts . Something might be necessary , he observed , to excite the affections of the common people , who were sunk in languor and lethargy , and therefore he supposed that the new ...
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