The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 - Authors, English |
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... be found in bishop Sparrow's Collection of Articles , Canons , etc. and in most of our common - prayer books printed in queen Anne's time.-ED. u Besides Dr. Taylor , and others mentioned above , 16 [ 1712-1728 . THE LIFE OF.
... be found in bishop Sparrow's Collection of Articles , Canons , etc. and in most of our common - prayer books printed in queen Anne's time.-ED. u Besides Dr. Taylor , and others mentioned above , 16 [ 1712-1728 . THE LIFE OF.
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... mentioned above , he had for his schoolfel- lows , Dr. James , author of the Medicinal Dictionary , and inventor of the far - famed fever powder ; and Mr. Hector , surgeon , in Birmingham , whose name will so constantly be repeated in ...
... mentioned above , he had for his schoolfel- lows , Dr. James , author of the Medicinal Dictionary , and inventor of the far - famed fever powder ; and Mr. Hector , surgeon , in Birmingham , whose name will so constantly be repeated in ...
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... mentioned it as one of the most me- morable events of his life , " that he was very near having that great man for a scholar . " He remained at Stourbridge little more than a year , and then he returned home , where he may be said to ...
... mentioned it as one of the most me- morable events of his life , " that he was very near having that great man for a scholar . " He remained at Stourbridge little more than a year , and then he returned home , where he may be said to ...
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... mentioned , in some preface , as one of the restorers of learning . His curiosity having been thus excited , he sat down with avidity , and read a great part of the book . What he read during these two years , he told me , was not works ...
... mentioned , in some preface , as one of the restorers of learning . His curiosity having been thus excited , he sat down with avidity , and read a great part of the book . What he read during these two years , he told me , was not works ...
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... mentioned chapter in Rasselas , vol . i . p . 293. Oxford edition of Johnson's works . An incessant dread of insanity , in one form or other , was that single idea to the despotism of which , to adopt the language of De Staël ...
... mentioned chapter in Rasselas , vol . i . p . 293. Oxford edition of Johnson's works . An incessant dread of insanity , in one form or other , was that single idea to the despotism of which , to adopt the language of De Staël ...
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