Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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... suppose , the ministry ) . It may be observed , that he used the epithet scoundrel very com- monly not quite in the sense in which it is generally under- stood , but as a strong term of disapprobation ; as when he abruptly answered Mrs ...
... suppose , the ministry ) . It may be observed , that he used the epithet scoundrel very com- monly not quite in the sense in which it is generally under- stood , but as a strong term of disapprobation ; as when he abruptly answered Mrs ...
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... Suppose a man has a daughter , who he knows has been seduced , but her misfortune is con- cealed from the world ? should he keep her in his house ? Would he not , by so doing , be accessary to imposition ? And , perhaps , a worthy ...
... Suppose a man has a daughter , who he knows has been seduced , but her misfortune is con- cealed from the world ? should he keep her in his house ? Would he not , by so doing , be accessary to imposition ? And , perhaps , a worthy ...
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... suppose you will labour your present work con amore for your reputa- tion . " ' No , Sir , " said Johnson , " nothing excites a man to write but necessity . " ' Walpole then relates the anecdote of the clergyman , " 6 66 Numerous Aetat ...
... suppose you will labour your present work con amore for your reputa- tion . " ' No , Sir , " said Johnson , " nothing excites a man to write but necessity . " ' Walpole then relates the anecdote of the clergyman , " 6 66 Numerous Aetat ...
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... suppose that he told his story in his own way ; and it is certain that he was not “ a very sturdy mor- alist . " [ The quotation is from Johnson's Works , ix . 116. ] This ex- planation appears to me very satisfactory . It is , however ...
... suppose that he told his story in his own way ; and it is certain that he was not “ a very sturdy mor- alist . " [ The quotation is from Johnson's Works , ix . 116. ] This ex- planation appears to me very satisfactory . It is , however ...
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... suppose to be learnt from savages ? Only consider , Sir , our own state : our re- ligion is in a book ; we have an order of men whose duty it ' Baretti made a brutal attack on Mrs. Piozzi in the European Mag . for 1788 , xiii . 313 ...
... suppose to be learnt from savages ? Only consider , Sir , our own state : our re- ligion is in a book ; we have an order of men whose duty it ' Baretti made a brutal attack on Mrs. Piozzi in the European Mag . for 1788 , xiii . 313 ...
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