Life of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D.J.M.Dent, 1927 |
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... doubt , to be wished , that a proper degree of attentio should be shewn by great men to their early friends . Bulf either from obtuse insensibility to difference of situatio or presumptuous for- wardness , which will not submit even an ...
... doubt , to be wished , that a proper degree of attentio should be shewn by great men to their early friends . Bulf either from obtuse insensibility to difference of situatio or presumptuous for- wardness , which will not submit even an ...
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... doubt be made for early epossession . But at a maturer period of life , after looking at various metrical versions the Psalms , I am well satisfied that the version used in Scotland , is , upon the whole the best and that it is in to ...
... doubt be made for early epossession . But at a maturer period of life , after looking at various metrical versions the Psalms , I am well satisfied that the version used in Scotland , is , upon the whole the best and that it is in to ...
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... doubt , on account of the loss which they had suffered ; and his doubts afterwards appeared to be well- founded . He observed , indeed very justly , that " their loss was an additional reason for their going abroad ; and if it had not ...
... doubt , on account of the loss which they had suffered ; and his doubts afterwards appeared to be well- founded . He observed , indeed very justly , that " their loss was an additional reason for their going abroad ; and if it had not ...
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... doubt we should pity the state of his mind ; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves . We should knock him down first , and pity him afterwards . No , Sir , every man will dispute with great good humour upon a ...
... doubt we should pity the state of his mind ; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves . We should knock him down first , and pity him afterwards . No , Sir , every man will dispute with great good humour upon a ...
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... doubt , been misled by partial and wrong information : Shiels was the Doctor's amanuensis ; he had quarrelled with Cibber ; it is natural to suppose that he told his story in his own way ; and it is certain that he was not a very sturdy ...
... doubt , been misled by partial and wrong information : Shiels was the Doctor's amanuensis ; he had quarrelled with Cibber ; it is natural to suppose that he told his story in his own way ; and it is certain that he was not a very sturdy ...
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