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... never rapid , and he never stagnates . His sentences have neither studied amplitude nor affected brevity ; his periods , though not diligently rounded , are voluble and easy . Whoever wishes to attain an English style , familiar but not ...
... never rapid , and he never stagnates . His sentences have neither studied amplitude nor affected brevity ; his periods , though not diligently rounded , are voluble and easy . Whoever wishes to attain an English style , familiar but not ...
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... never to be shaken ? " He this evening drank a bumper to Sir David Dalrymple , ። as a man of worth , a scholar , and a wit . " " I have , " said he , " never heard of him , except from you ; but let him know my opinion of him : for as ...
... never to be shaken ? " He this evening drank a bumper to Sir David Dalrymple , ። as a man of worth , a scholar , and a wit . " " I have , " said he , " never heard of him , except from you ; but let him know my opinion of him : for as ...
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... never know but after he has committed the act on which that opinion shall be passed . He lives by a law ( if a law it be ) which he can never know before he has offended it . To this case may be justly applied that important principle ...
... never know but after he has committed the act on which that opinion shall be passed . He lives by a law ( if a law it be ) which he can never know before he has offended it . To this case may be justly applied that important principle ...
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Death of Johnsons FatherIntercourse with Society in Lichfield Gilbert Walmesley | 30 |
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