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... known to one another in their own country , though born in very distant counties ; for we do not find that the gentlemen of neighbouring counties in England are mutually known to each other . Johnson , with his usual acuteness , at once ...
... known to one another in their own country , though born in very distant counties ; for we do not find that the gentlemen of neighbouring counties in England are mutually known to each other . Johnson , with his usual acuteness , at once ...
Page 263
... known to all , how is there any difference whether it be communicated to each singly , or to all together ? What is known to all , must necessarily be publick . Whether it shall be publick at once , or publick by degrees , is the only ...
... known to all , how is there any difference whether it be communicated to each singly , or to all together ? What is known to all , must necessarily be publick . Whether it shall be publick at once , or publick by degrees , is the only ...
Page 441
... known what it was to have a wife . " JOHNSON . Sir , I have known what it was to have a wife , and ( in a solemn tender faultering tone ) I have known what it was to lose a wife . — It had almost broke my heart . " 1 [ This line has ...
... known what it was to have a wife . " JOHNSON . Sir , I have known what it was to have a wife , and ( in a solemn tender faultering tone ) I have known what it was to lose a wife . — It had almost broke my heart . " 1 [ This line has ...
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