The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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... perhaps to laugh at it . But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable of rational inquiry . " From this time forward religion was the ...
... perhaps to laugh at it . But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable of rational inquiry . " From this time forward religion was the ...
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... perhaps have accepted of less ; but that Paul Whitehead had a little before got ten guineas for a poem ; and I would not take less than Paul Whitehead . " Johnson's " London " was published in May , 1738 ; and it is remarkable , that it ...
... perhaps have accepted of less ; but that Paul Whitehead had a little before got ten guineas for a poem ; and I would not take less than Paul Whitehead . " Johnson's " London " was published in May , 1738 ; and it is remarkable , that it ...
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... perhaps , no small disappoint- ment to Johnson that this respectable application had not the desired effect ; yet how much reason has there been , both for him- self and his country , to rejoice that it did not succeed , as he might ...
... perhaps , no small disappoint- ment to Johnson that this respectable application had not the desired effect ; yet how much reason has there been , both for him- self and his country , to rejoice that it did not succeed , as he might ...
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... perhaps , Johnson was then trying to learn . In the " Gentleman's Magazine " of this year Johnson gave a life of Father Paul ; and he wrote the preface to the volume , which , though prefixed to it when bound , is always published with ...
... perhaps , Johnson was then trying to learn . In the " Gentleman's Magazine " of this year Johnson gave a life of Father Paul ; and he wrote the preface to the volume , which , though prefixed to it when bound , is always published with ...
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... perhaps he laid aside for a time , on account of the high expectations which were formed of Warburton's edition of that great poet . It is somewhat curious , that his literary career appears to have been almost totally suspended in the ...
... perhaps he laid aside for a time , on account of the high expectations which were formed of Warburton's edition of that great poet . It is somewhat curious , that his literary career appears to have been almost totally suspended in the ...
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