Life of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D.J.M.Dent, 1927 |
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... attention which might have been expected to the " Guide , Philosopher , and Friend ; " the Imlac who had hastened from the country to console a distressed mother , who he understood was very anxious for his return . They had , I found ...
... attention which might have been expected to the " Guide , Philosopher , and Friend ; " the Imlac who had hastened from the country to console a distressed mother , who he understood was very anxious for his return . They had , I found ...
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... attention to all that the Judge has said , they are decidedly of a different opinion from him , they have not only a power and a right , but they are bound in conscience to bring in a verdict accordingly . " the other , in proportion to ...
... attention to all that the Judge has said , they are decidedly of a different opinion from him , they have not only a power and a right , but they are bound in conscience to bring in a verdict accordingly . " the other , in proportion to ...
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... attention as his constant guest , while I was in London , till I had a house of my own there . I mentioned my having that morning intro- duced to Mr. Garrick , Count Neni , a Flemish Nobleman of great rank and fortune , to whom Garrick ...
... attention as his constant guest , while I was in London , till I had a house of my own there . I mentioned my having that morning intro- duced to Mr. Garrick , Count Neni , a Flemish Nobleman of great rank and fortune , to whom Garrick ...
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... attention ; so there is but one half to be employed on what we read . " He told us , he read Fielding's " Amelia " through , without stopping . He said , " if a man begins to read in the middle of 1 1 We have here an involuntary ...
... attention ; so there is but one half to be employed on what we read . " He told us , he read Fielding's " Amelia " through , without stopping . He said , " if a man begins to read in the middle of 1 1 We have here an involuntary ...
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... attention whatever to any objections , but insisted , as an end of all controversy , that we should go with him to the tower of the church of St. Mary , 1 Mr. Tyrwhitt , Mr. Warton , Mr. Malone . Redcliff , and view with our own eyes ...
... attention whatever to any objections , but insisted , as an end of all controversy , that we should go with him to the tower of the church of St. Mary , 1 Mr. Tyrwhitt , Mr. Warton , Mr. Malone . Redcliff , and view with our own eyes ...
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