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... asked whether he was the authour , might he deny it ? " JOHNSON . " I don't know what to say to this . If you were sure that he wrote Junius , would you , if he denied it , think as well of him afterwards ? Yet it may be urged , that ...
... asked whether he was the authour , might he deny it ? " JOHNSON . " I don't know what to say to this . If you were sure that he wrote Junius , would you , if he denied it , think as well of him afterwards ? Yet it may be urged , that ...
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... asked next morning how he liked his attendant , his an- swer was , " Not at all , Sir : the fellow's an ideot ; he is as aukward as a turn - spit when first put into the wheel , and as sleepy as a dormouse . " Mr. Windham having placed ...
... asked next morning how he liked his attendant , his an- swer was , " Not at all , Sir : the fellow's an ideot ; he is as aukward as a turn - spit when first put into the wheel , and as sleepy as a dormouse . " Mr. Windham having placed ...
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... asked Sir John Hawkins , as one of his executors , where he should be buried ; and on being answered , " Doubtless , in Westminster - Abbey , " seemed to feel a satisfaction , very natural to a Poet ; and in- deed in my opinion very ...
... asked Sir John Hawkins , as one of his executors , where he should be buried ; and on being answered , " Doubtless , in Westminster - Abbey , " seemed to feel a satisfaction , very natural to a Poet ; and in- deed in my opinion very ...
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