The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works ... and Various Original Pieces ... Never Before Published ...T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1804 |
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... allowed at all , they should only be retreats for persons unable to serve the publick , or who have served it . It is our first duty to serve society , and , after we have done . that , we may attend wholly to the salvation of our own ...
... allowed at all , they should only be retreats for persons unable to serve the publick , or who have served it . It is our first duty to serve society , and , after we have done . that , we may attend wholly to the salvation of our own ...
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... allowed in a court of justice . Rousseau , Sir , is a very bad man . I would sooner sign a sen- tence for his ... allow that he deserves the very severe censure which Johnson pronounced upon him . His absurd preference of savage ...
... allowed in a court of justice . Rousseau , Sir , is a very bad man . I would sooner sign a sen- tence for his ... allow that he deserves the very severe censure which Johnson pronounced upon him . His absurd preference of savage ...
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... allow them more ; but , by this method , it ap- peared at once that the allowance was much more than sufficient for his small family ; and this proved a clear conviction , that could not be answered , and saved all future dispute . He ...
... allow them more ; but , by this method , it ap- peared at once that the allowance was much more than sufficient for his small family ; and this proved a clear conviction , that could not be answered , and saved all future dispute . He ...
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... allowed to go on . The following letters , though not written till the year after , being chiefly upon the same subject , are here inserted . " TO MR . WILLIAM Drummond . DEAR SIR , " THAT my letter should have had such effects as you ...
... allowed to go on . The following letters , though not written till the year after , being chiefly upon the same subject , are here inserted . " TO MR . WILLIAM Drummond . DEAR SIR , " THAT my letter should have had such effects as you ...
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... allowed to the dying declarations , because they were spontaneous . There is a great difference between what is said without our being urged to it , and what is said from a kind of compulsion . If I praise a man's book without being ...
... allowed to the dying declarations , because they were spontaneous . There is a great difference between what is said without our being urged to it , and what is said from a kind of compulsion . If I praise a man's book without being ...
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