The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1931 |
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... question of great importance before Parliament , any question in which a man might not very well vote either upon one side or the other . He said there had been none in his time except that respecting America . We were fatigued by the ...
... question of great importance before Parliament , any question in which a man might not very well vote either upon one side or the other . He said there had been none in his time except that respecting America . We were fatigued by the ...
Page 154
... question , whether a perpetual obligation of service to one master in any mode should be sanctified by the law of a free country . A negro , then called Joseph Knight , a native of Africa , having been brought to Jamaica in the usual ...
... question , whether a perpetual obligation of service to one master in any mode should be sanctified by the law of a free country . A negro , then called Joseph Knight , a native of Africa , having been brought to Jamaica in the usual ...
Page 213
... question , which , after five thousand years , is yet undecided ; a question , whether in theology or philosophy , one of the most important that can come before the human understanding . " Mrs. Knowles mentioned , as a proselyte to ...
... question , which , after five thousand years , is yet undecided ; a question , whether in theology or philosophy , one of the most important that can come before the human understanding . " Mrs. Knowles mentioned , as a proselyte to ...
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