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Pàgina xix
... probity secured him respect . He was received in the best society of his native place . His first literary attempt , the translation of " Father Lobo's Voyage to Abyssinia , " appeared during this period , and probably led him ,
... probity secured him respect . He was received in the best society of his native place . His first literary attempt , the translation of " Father Lobo's Voyage to Abyssinia , " appeared during this period , and probably led him ,
Pàgina xx
Samuel Johnson. appeared during this period , and probably led him , at a later period , to lay in that remote kingdom the scene of his philosophical tale , which fol- lows this essay . About the same time , he married a wife ...
Samuel Johnson. appeared during this period , and probably led him , at a later period , to lay in that remote kingdom the scene of his philosophical tale , which fol- lows this essay . About the same time , he married a wife ...
Pàgina xxiv
... probably the insanest of all loud clamours in the eighteenth century was this that was raised about Johnson's Pension The whole sum that Johnson , during the remain- ing twenty - two years of his life , drew from the public funds of ...
... probably the insanest of all loud clamours in the eighteenth century was this that was raised about Johnson's Pension The whole sum that Johnson , during the remain- ing twenty - two years of his life , drew from the public funds of ...
Pàgina 1
... probably not have been less carefully suppressed , the omission of his name in the register of St. Dunstan's parish gives reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and ...
... probably not have been less carefully suppressed , the omission of his name in the register of St. Dunstan's parish gives reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and ...
Pàgina 28
... probably would not have written it , had it not mingled with his own thoughts , so as that he did not perceive himself taking it from another : Although I think thou never found wilt be , Yet I'm resolved to search for thee ; The search ...
... probably would not have written it , had it not mingled with his own thoughts , so as that he did not perceive himself taking it from another : Although I think thou never found wilt be , Yet I'm resolved to search for thee ; The search ...
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