The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 3Gabriel Wells, 1922 |
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... fact , as it shewed deliberate suicide in a reptile . John- son would not admit the fact . He said , Mau- pertuis1 was of opinion that it does not kill itself , but dies of the heat ; that it gets to the centre of the circle , as the ...
... fact , as it shewed deliberate suicide in a reptile . John- son would not admit the fact . He said , Mau- pertuis1 was of opinion that it does not kill itself , but dies of the heat ; that it gets to the centre of the circle , as the ...
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... fact ; robbery is a strong fact ; and murder is a mighty strong fact ; but is great praise due to the historian of those strong facts ? No , Sir . Swift has told what he had to tell distinctly enough , but that is all . He had to count ...
... fact ; robbery is a strong fact ; and murder is a mighty strong fact ; but is great praise due to the historian of those strong facts ? No , Sir . Swift has told what he had to tell distinctly enough , but that is all . He had to count ...
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... fact our female house servants work much harder than the male ? He told me that he had twelve or fourteen times attempted to keep a journal of his life , but never could persevere . He advised me to do it . “ The great thing to be ...
... fact our female house servants work much harder than the male ? He told me that he had twelve or fourteen times attempted to keep a journal of his life , but never could persevere . He advised me to do it . “ The great thing to be ...
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