The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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... afterwards . " " " ' Mallet , I believe , never wrote a single line of his projected life of the Duke of Marlborough . He groped for materials , and thought of it , till he had exhausted his mind . Thus it sometimes happens that men ...
... afterwards . " " " ' Mallet , I believe , never wrote a single line of his projected life of the Duke of Marlborough . He groped for materials , and thought of it , till he had exhausted his mind . Thus it sometimes happens that men ...
Page 178
... afterwards referred to in this work . Various Readings in the Life of Addison . " [ But he was our first example . ] He was , however , one of our earliest examples of correctness . " And [ overlook ] despise their masters . " His ...
... afterwards referred to in this work . Various Readings in the Life of Addison . " [ But he was our first example . ] He was , however , one of our earliest examples of correctness . " And [ overlook ] despise their masters . " His ...
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... afterwards , " That this was no favourable account of Dr. Young ; for it is not becoming in a man to have so little acquiescence in the ways of Providence , as to be gloomy because he has not obtained as much preferment as he expected ...
... afterwards , " That this was no favourable account of Dr. Young ; for it is not becoming in a man to have so little acquiescence in the ways of Providence , as to be gloomy because he has not obtained as much preferment as he expected ...
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