The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 8Henry G. Bohn, 1848 |
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... against the illiberal attacks upon him , as if his embracing the Roman Catholic communion had been a time - serving mea ( 1 ) See antè , Vol . VI . p . 193. — C. sure , is a piece of reasoning at once able 12 1781 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... against the illiberal attacks upon him , as if his embracing the Roman Catholic communion had been a time - serving mea ( 1 ) See antè , Vol . VI . p . 193. — C. sure , is a piece of reasoning at once able 12 1781 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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James Boswell. sure , is a piece of reasoning at once able and candid . Indeed , Dryden himself , in his " Hind and Panther , " hath given such a picture of his mind , that they who know the anxiety for repose as to the awful subject of ...
James Boswell. sure , is a piece of reasoning at once able and candid . Indeed , Dryden himself , in his " Hind and Panther , " hath given such a picture of his mind , that they who know the anxiety for repose as to the awful subject of ...
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... sure which he must have felt , in for ever silencing all attempts to lessen his poetical fame , by demonstra- ting his excellence , and pronouncing the following triumphant eulogium : " After all this , it is surely superfluous to ...
... sure which he must have felt , in for ever silencing all attempts to lessen his poetical fame , by demonstra- ting his excellence , and pronouncing the following triumphant eulogium : " After all this , it is surely superfluous to ...
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... sure , to pardon my recalling this stipulation to your recollection , as I shall be loth to appear negligent of that obligation which is always implied in an epistolary confidence . In the reservation of that right I have read them over ...
... sure , to pardon my recalling this stipulation to your recollection , as I shall be loth to appear negligent of that obligation which is always implied in an epistolary confidence . In the reservation of that right I have read them over ...
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... sure , a man of tinguished amongst his acquaintance for acuteness of wit ; and to whom , I think , the French expression , " Il pétille d'esprit , " is particularly suited . He has gratified me by mentioning that he heard Dr. Johnson ...
... sure , a man of tinguished amongst his acquaintance for acuteness of wit ; and to whom , I think , the French expression , " Il pétille d'esprit , " is particularly suited . He has gratified me by mentioning that he heard Dr. Johnson ...
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