Life of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D.J.M.Dent, 1927 |
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Page 12
... allow our fellows to marry , because we consider academical institu- tions as preparatory to a settlement in the ... allowed to receive but six- pence a lecture from each scholar , they would have been emulous to have had many scholars ...
... allow our fellows to marry , because we consider academical institu- tions as preparatory to a settlement in the ... allowed to receive but six- pence a lecture from each scholar , they would have been emulous to have had many scholars ...
Page 14
... allow of no irregular intercourse whatever between the sexes ? ” JOHNSON . " To be sure I would not , Sir . I would ... allowed to justify , must often be very oppressive , unless Juries , whom I am more and more confirmed in holding to ...
... allow of no irregular intercourse whatever between the sexes ? ” JOHNSON . " To be sure I would not , Sir . I would ... allowed to justify , must often be very oppressive , unless Juries , whom I am more and more confirmed in holding to ...
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... allow Mr. Cibber to be put upon the title - page as the authour ; by this , a double imposition was intended : in the first place , that it was the work of a Cibber at all : and , in the second place , that it was the work of old Cibber ...
... allow Mr. Cibber to be put upon the title - page as the authour ; by this , a double imposition was intended : in the first place , that it was the work of a Cibber at all : and , in the second place , that it was the work of old Cibber ...
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... allow very great merit to his composition . Mr. Murphy said , he remem- bered when there were several people alive in London , who enjoyed a considerable reputation merely from having written a paper in " The Spectator . " He mentioned ...
... allow very great merit to his composition . Mr. Murphy said , he remem- bered when there were several people alive in London , who enjoyed a considerable reputation merely from having written a paper in " The Spectator . " He mentioned ...
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... allow that there have been a very few men of talents who were improved by drinking ; but I maintain that I am right ... allowed so little merit . [ Johnson appears to have been particularly pleased with the character of the heroine of ...
... allow that there have been a very few men of talents who were improved by drinking ; but I maintain that I am right ... allowed so little merit . [ Johnson appears to have been particularly pleased with the character of the heroine of ...
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