The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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... known of these , where he played at chemistry and eat peaches with Susan Burney , passed away in 1863 ; and nothing now remains in the neigh- bourhood to call up the memory of the pleasant white mansion with its plantations and park ...
... known of these , where he played at chemistry and eat peaches with Susan Burney , passed away in 1863 ; and nothing now remains in the neigh- bourhood to call up the memory of the pleasant white mansion with its plantations and park ...
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... known to have undertaken , probably damped his ardour . His pamphlet , however , was highly esteemed , and was fortunate enough to obtain the approbation even of the supercilious Warburton himself , who , in the Preface to his ...
... known to have undertaken , probably damped his ardour . His pamphlet , however , was highly esteemed , and was fortunate enough to obtain the approbation even of the supercilious Warburton himself , who , in the Preface to his ...
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... known to the world for his daring defiance of power , when he thought it exerted on the side of wrong , he thus speaks : " The Irish Ministers drove him from his native country by a proclamation , in which they charge him with crimes of ...
... known to the world for his daring defiance of power , when he thought it exerted on the side of wrong , he thus speaks : " The Irish Ministers drove him from his native country by a proclamation , in which they charge him with crimes of ...
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