The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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Page 113
... believe that this was a malignant lie , invented by a mother to prevent her own child from receiving the bounty of his father , which was accordingly the consequence , if the person whose life Johnson wrote , was her son ; or shall we ...
... believe that this was a malignant lie , invented by a mother to prevent her own child from receiving the bounty of his father , which was accordingly the consequence , if the person whose life Johnson wrote , was her son ; or shall we ...
Page 172
... believe , however , my informer was Dr. Warton . With respect to No. 39 , on Sleep , which our authour has ascribed to Johnson , ( see p . 170 , ) even if it were written by him , it would not be incon- sistent with his statement to Dr ...
... believe , however , my informer was Dr. Warton . With respect to No. 39 , on Sleep , which our authour has ascribed to Johnson , ( see p . 170 , ) even if it were written by him , it would not be incon- sistent with his statement to Dr ...
Page 176
... believe , that he will bring this as near to perfection as any man could do . The plan of it , which he published some years ago , seems to me to be a proof of it . Nothing can be more rationally imagined , or more accurately and ...
... believe , that he will bring this as near to perfection as any man could do . The plan of it , which he published some years ago , seems to me to be a proof of it . Nothing can be more rationally imagined , or more accurately and ...
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