The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Page 190
... allowed that the circumstances of difficulty enhance the value of a marble head , we should consider , that if it ... allow it then in wri- ting ? Why do you take the trouble to give us so many fine allu- sions , and bright images ...
... allowed that the circumstances of difficulty enhance the value of a marble head , we should consider , that if it ... allow it then in wri- ting ? Why do you take the trouble to give us so many fine allu- sions , and bright images ...
Page 252
... allow him to be so in public life . People may be honest , though they are doing wrong that is between their Maker and them . But we , who are suffering by their pernicious conduct , are to destroy them . are sure that [ Burke ] acts ...
... allow him to be so in public life . People may be honest , though they are doing wrong that is between their Maker and them . But we , who are suffering by their pernicious conduct , are to destroy them . are sure that [ Burke ] acts ...
Page 290
... allow Foote for life sixteen hundred pounds a year , as Reynolds told me , and to allow him to play so often on such terms that he may gain four hundred pounds more . What Colman can get by this bargain , ' but trouble and hazard , I do ...
... allow Foote for life sixteen hundred pounds a year , as Reynolds told me , and to allow him to play so often on such terms that he may gain four hundred pounds more . What Colman can get by this bargain , ' but trouble and hazard , I do ...
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