The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 - Authors, English |
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... whole with a huge bulk of elaborate notes . Obscure allusions guessed at , biographies furnished , blanks filled up , speculations offered , opinions , either of Boswell or of Johnson , refuted in controversial style , contemporary ...
... whole with a huge bulk of elaborate notes . Obscure allusions guessed at , biographies furnished , blanks filled up , speculations offered , opinions , either of Boswell or of Johnson , refuted in controversial style , contemporary ...
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... whole Christian world might wish for communion . They were pure from all the heresies of an age , to which every opinion is become a favourite that the universal church has hitherto detested ! " This praise , the general interest of ...
... whole Christian world might wish for communion . They were pure from all the heresies of an age , to which every opinion is become a favourite that the universal church has hitherto detested ! " This praise , the general interest of ...
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... whole are not large , and of the whole but a small part is troublesome . Small debts are like small shot ; they are rattling on every side , and can scarcely be escaped without a wound great debts are like cannon ; of loud noise , but ...
... whole are not large , and of the whole but a small part is troublesome . Small debts are like small shot ; they are rattling on every side , and can scarcely be escaped without a wound great debts are like cannon ; of loud noise , but ...
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