The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons, 1934 |
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... instance of what I mean to recommend to my countrymen , the pronunciation of the late Sir Gilbert Elliot ; and may I presume to add that of the present Earl of Marchmont , who told me , with great good humour , that the master of a shop ...
... instance of what I mean to recommend to my countrymen , the pronunciation of the late Sir Gilbert Elliot ; and may I presume to add that of the present Earl of Marchmont , who told me , with great good humour , that the master of a shop ...
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... instance of the regard which GOD'S VICEGERENT will ever shew to piety and virtue . If for ten righteous men the ALMIGHTY would have spared Sodom , shall not a thousand acts of goodness done by Dr. Dodd counterbalance one crime ? Such an ...
... instance of the regard which GOD'S VICEGERENT will ever shew to piety and virtue . If for ten righteous men the ALMIGHTY would have spared Sodom , shall not a thousand acts of goodness done by Dr. Dodd counterbalance one crime ? Such an ...
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... instance , whether it should be mentioned that Addison and Parnell drank too freely ; for people will probably more easily indulge in drinking from knowing this ; so that more ill may be done by the example , than good by telling the ...
... instance , whether it should be mentioned that Addison and Parnell drank too freely ; for people will probably more easily indulge in drinking from knowing this ; so that more ill may be done by the example , than good by telling the ...
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