Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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... shew by what causes every event was produced , and in what ef- fects it is likely to terminate ; to lay down with distinct particularity what rumour al- ways huddles in general exclamation , or perplexes by indigested narratives ; to shew ...
... shew by what causes every event was produced , and in what ef- fects it is likely to terminate ; to lay down with distinct particularity what rumour al- ways huddles in general exclamation , or perplexes by indigested narratives ; to shew ...
Page 187
... shew some learn- ing upon this occasion . You must shew , that a schoolmaster has a prescriptive right to beat ; and that an action of assault and battery cannot be admitted against him un- less there is some great excess , some bar ...
... shew some learn- ing upon this occasion . You must shew , that a schoolmaster has a prescriptive right to beat ; and that an action of assault and battery cannot be admitted against him un- less there is some great excess , some bar ...
Page 562
... Shew the spirit of an heir . All that prey ' on vice and folly , Joy to see their quarry fly ; There the gamester , light and jolly , There the lender , grave and sly . Wealth , my lad , was made to wander , Let it wander as it will ...
... Shew the spirit of an heir . All that prey ' on vice and folly , Joy to see their quarry fly ; There the gamester , light and jolly , There the lender , grave and sly . Wealth , my lad , was made to wander , Let it wander as it will ...
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