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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... time upon her marriage , has such a gust in spending it , that she throws it away with great pro- fusion . " 1776 : Etat . 67 . He praised the ladies B 2 DR . JOHNSON . 3 sibility to difference of situation, or presumptuous 1776. ...
... time upon her marriage , has such a gust in spending it , that she throws it away with great pro- fusion . " 1776 : Etat . 67 . He praised the ladies B 2 DR . JOHNSON . 3 sibility to difference of situation, or presumptuous 1776. ...
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... ladies of the present age , insisting that they were more faithful to their husbands , and more virtuous in every respect , than in former times , because their understandings were better cultivated . It was an undoubted proof of his ...
... ladies of the present age , insisting that they were more faithful to their husbands , and more virtuous in every respect , than in former times , because their understandings were better cultivated . It was an undoubted proof of his ...
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... Lady Craven , and the next with good Mrs. Gardiner , the tallow - chandler , on Snow - hill . On my expressing my wonder at his discovering 8 ' This Mr. Ellis was , I believe , the last of that profession called Scriveners , which is ...
... Lady Craven , and the next with good Mrs. Gardiner , the tallow - chandler , on Snow - hill . On my expressing my wonder at his discovering 8 ' This Mr. Ellis was , I believe , the last of that profession called Scriveners , which is ...
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... lady of my acquaintance , who maintained , that her husband's having been guilty of numberless infidelities , re- leased her from conjugal obligations , because they were reciprocal . JOHNSON . " This is miserable stuff , Sir . To the ...
... lady of my acquaintance , who maintained , that her husband's having been guilty of numberless infidelities , re- leased her from conjugal obligations , because they were reciprocal . JOHNSON . " This is miserable stuff , Sir . To the ...
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... lady does not want that the contract should be dis- solved ; she only argues that she may indulge her- self in gallantries with equal freedom as her husband does , provided she takes care not to introduce a spu- rious issue into his ...
... lady does not want that the contract should be dis- solved ; she only argues that she may indulge her- self in gallantries with equal freedom as her husband does , provided she takes care not to introduce a spu- rious issue into his ...
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