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... question ; and if he did not answer it , he would beat him , without considering whether he had an opportunity of knowing how to answer it . For instance , he would call up a boy and ask him Latin for a candle- stick , which the boy ...
... question ; and if he did not answer it , he would beat him , without considering whether he had an opportunity of knowing how to answer it . For instance , he would call up a boy and ask him Latin for a candle- stick , which the boy ...
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... question Johnson upon . But I have been assured by Dr. Taylor that the scheme never would have taken place had not a gentleman of Shropshire , one of his schoolfellows , spontaneously undertaken to sup- port him at Oxford , in the ...
... question Johnson upon . But I have been assured by Dr. Taylor that the scheme never would have taken place had not a gentleman of Shropshire , one of his schoolfellows , spontaneously undertaken to sup- port him at Oxford , in the ...
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... question might not be this of Appleby . Some of the trustees at that period were " worthy gentlemen of the neighbourhood of Litchfield . " Appleby itself is not far from the neighbourhood of Litch- field . The salary , the degree ...
... question might not be this of Appleby . Some of the trustees at that period were " worthy gentlemen of the neighbourhood of Litchfield . " Appleby itself is not far from the neighbourhood of Litch- field . The salary , the degree ...
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... question to which you wish for an answer . I am , Sir , your humble servant , ' SIR , ' TO MR . CAVE . ' SAM . JOHNSON . ' [ No date . ] ' I am pretty much of your opinion , that the Commen- tary cannot be prosecuted with any appearance ...
... question to which you wish for an answer . I am , Sir , your humble servant , ' SIR , ' TO MR . CAVE . ' SAM . JOHNSON . ' [ No date . ] ' I am pretty much of your opinion , that the Commen- tary cannot be prosecuted with any appearance ...
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... question his being the son of the Countess of Macclesfield , of whose unrelenting barbarity he so loudly complained , and the particulars of which are related in so strong and affecting a manner in Johnson's life of him . Johnson was ...
... question his being the son of the Countess of Macclesfield , of whose unrelenting barbarity he so loudly complained , and the particulars of which are related in so strong and affecting a manner in Johnson's life of him . Johnson was ...
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