The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... allow Fancy to sug- gest certain ideas in certain places ; but Reason must always be heard , when she tells us , that those ideas and those places have no natural or necessary relation . When we enter a church we habitually recall to ...
... allow Fancy to sug- gest certain ideas in certain places ; but Reason must always be heard , when she tells us , that those ideas and those places have no natural or necessary relation . When we enter a church we habitually recall to ...
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... allow no speculation ; and I have no facts before me but those which his advocate has produced against you . " I consulted this morning the President of the London College of Physicians , who says , that with us , Doctor of Physick ( we ...
... allow no speculation ; and I have no facts before me but those which his advocate has produced against you . " I consulted this morning the President of the London College of Physicians , who says , that with us , Doctor of Physick ( we ...
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... allowed . But it was a prejudice of the head , and not of the heart . He had no ill will to the Scotch ; for , if he had been conscious of that , he never would have thrown himself into the bosom of their country , and trusted to the ...
... allowed . But it was a prejudice of the head , and not of the heart . He had no ill will to the Scotch ; for , if he had been conscious of that , he never would have thrown himself into the bosom of their country , and trusted to the ...
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... allow them short of hanging . " Of this performance I avoided to talk with him ; for I had now formed a clear and settled opinion , that the people of America were well warranted to resist a claim that their fellow - subjects in the ...
... allow them short of hanging . " Of this performance I avoided to talk with him ; for I had now formed a clear and settled opinion , that the people of America were well warranted to resist a claim that their fellow - subjects in the ...
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... allowed very great merit to the inventory of articles found in the pocket of " the Man Mountain , " particularly the description of his watch , which it was conjectured was his GOD , as he consulted it upon all occasions . He observed ...
... allowed very great merit to the inventory of articles found in the pocket of " the Man Mountain , " particularly the description of his watch , which it was conjectured was his GOD , as he consulted it upon all occasions . He observed ...
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