Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D."A chronological catalogue of the prose works of Samuel Johnson, LLD.": pages xiv-xvii |
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Page 120
... true ; and as the King might , in the exercise of his regal power , command and cause the doing of what was wrong , it certainly might be said , in sense and in reason , that he could do wrong . " JOHN- SON . " Sir , you are to consider ...
... true ; and as the King might , in the exercise of his regal power , command and cause the doing of what was wrong , it certainly might be said , in sense and in reason , that he could do wrong . " JOHN- SON . " Sir , you are to consider ...
Page 159
... true ; but is nothing against the system . The members of an University may , for a season , be unmindful of their duty . I am arguing for the excellency of the institution . ” Of Guthrie , he said , " Sir , he is a man of parts . He ...
... true ; but is nothing against the system . The members of an University may , for a season , be unmindful of their duty . I am arguing for the excellency of the institution . ” Of Guthrie , he said , " Sir , he is a man of parts . He ...
Page 412
... true . To be sure the man had a fever ; and this vision may have been the beginning of it . But if the message to the women , and their behaviour upon it , were true as related , there was something supernatural . That rests upon his ...
... true . To be sure the man had a fever ; and this vision may have been the beginning of it . But if the message to the women , and their behaviour upon it , were true as related , there was something supernatural . That rests upon his ...
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