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Page 10
... wonderful acquisition to the liberty of the press . For my own part , I ever was clearly of opinion that this right was inherent in the very consti- tution of a jury , and , indeed , in sense and reason , inseparable from their ...
... wonderful acquisition to the liberty of the press . For my own part , I ever was clearly of opinion that this right was inherent in the very consti- tution of a jury , and , indeed , in sense and reason , inseparable from their ...
Page 13
... wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary con- versation that I ever enjoyed was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money- scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one period used to 991 dine generally ...
... wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary con- versation that I ever enjoyed was at the table of Jack Ellis , a money- scrivener behind the Royal Exchange , with whom I at one period used to 991 dine generally ...
Page 20
... wonderful that there is such a proportion of bad papers in the half of the work which was not written by Addison ; for there was all the world to write that half , yet not a half of that half is good . One of the finest pieces in the ...
... wonderful that there is such a proportion of bad papers in the half of the work which was not written by Addison ; for there was all the world to write that half , yet not a half of that half is good . One of the finest pieces in the ...
Page 31
... wonderful how the whelp has written such things . " We were by no means pleased with our inn at Bristol . " Let us see now , " said I , " how we should describe it . " Johnson was ready with his raillery . " Describe it , Sir ? Why , it ...
... wonderful how the whelp has written such things . " We were by no means pleased with our inn at Bristol . " Let us see now , " said I , " how we should describe it . " Johnson was ready with his raillery . " Describe it , Sir ? Why , it ...
Page 54
... wonderful that Buffon , who lived so much in the country , at his noble seat , should have fallen into such a blunder . I suppose he has confounded the cow with the deer . - BOSWELL . ROUND ROBIN , ADDRESSED TO SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D ...
... wonderful that Buffon , who lived so much in the country , at his noble seat , should have fallen into such a blunder . I suppose he has confounded the cow with the deer . - BOSWELL . ROUND ROBIN , ADDRESSED TO SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D ...
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