The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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... instances he appears to have trusted too much to Buffon , who , with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence . I suspect had little actual information in the science on which he wrote so admirably . For instance , he ...
... instances he appears to have trusted too much to Buffon , who , with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence . I suspect had little actual information in the science on which he wrote so admirably . For instance , he ...
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... instance of the regard which GOD'S VICEGERENT will ever shew to piety and virtue . If for ten righteous men the ALMIGHTY Would have spared Sodom , shall not a thousand acts of goodness done by Dr. Dodd counterbalance one crime ? Such an ...
... instance of the regard which GOD'S VICEGERENT will ever shew to piety and virtue . If for ten righteous men the ALMIGHTY Would have spared Sodom , shall not a thousand acts of goodness done by Dr. Dodd counterbalance one crime ? Such an ...
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... instance of this was witnessed by Sir Joshua Reynolds , when they were present at an examination of a little blackguard boy , by Mr. Saunders Welch , the late Westminster Justice . Welch , who imagined that he was exalting himself in Dr ...
... instance of this was witnessed by Sir Joshua Reynolds , when they were present at an examination of a little blackguard boy , by Mr. Saunders Welch , the late Westminster Justice . Welch , who imagined that he was exalting himself in Dr ...
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