The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... publick for beating Evans , a bookseller , on account of a paragraph 1in a newspaper published by him , which Gold- smith thought impertinent to him and to a lady of his acquaintance . The apology was written so much in Dr. Johnson's ...
... publick for beating Evans , a bookseller , on account of a paragraph 1in a newspaper published by him , which Gold- smith thought impertinent to him and to a lady of his acquaintance . The apology was written so much in Dr. Johnson's ...
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... publick ? " JOHNSON . " Because there may be other reasons for a man's not speaking in publick than want of resolution : he may have nothing to say ( laughing ) . Whereas , sir , you know courage is reck- oned the greatest of all ...
... publick ? " JOHNSON . " Because there may be other reasons for a man's not speaking in publick than want of resolution : he may have nothing to say ( laughing ) . Whereas , sir , you know courage is reck- oned the greatest of all ...
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... publick , among whom it was divided . bread , and took no milk with his tea ; I sup- When I say Lord Bute advised , I mean , pose because it is a kind of animal food . that such acts were done when he was min- ister , and we are to ...
... publick , among whom it was divided . bread , and took no milk with his tea ; I sup- When I say Lord Bute advised , I mean , pose because it is a kind of animal food . that such acts were done when he was min- ister , and we are to ...
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