Essays on Various SubjectsJ. Johnson, 1809 - 158 páginas |
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... kind of hereditary anecdote , that an ancestor in the reign of James I was reluctantly advanced to the honours of knighthood . The reader will recollect , that an obsolete law of the second Edward , which , affixing the value of a ...
... kind of hereditary anecdote , that an ancestor in the reign of James I was reluctantly advanced to the honours of knighthood . The reader will recollect , that an obsolete law of the second Edward , which , affixing the value of a ...
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... kind and libe- ral treatment , than to awe into submission by the terrours of magisterial severity . But the highest panegyric that can be passed his character is the universal esteem and veneration , in which he was held by his ...
... kind and libe- ral treatment , than to awe into submission by the terrours of magisterial severity . But the highest panegyric that can be passed his character is the universal esteem and veneration , in which he was held by his ...
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... kind of practice , but , as some recompense for the " sums he got from us , filled our brains with a deal of " fine speculative knowledge , without once showing the " several useful and entertaining purposes , to which " these ...
... kind of practice , but , as some recompense for the " sums he got from us , filled our brains with a deal of " fine speculative knowledge , without once showing the " several useful and entertaining purposes , to which " these ...
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... kind ; to be flattered with " the notion of abilities more than common , " yet to no end ; to be of no importance to my- " self , or to any one around me ; to waste my youth ec " youth and health in hardly providing for my THE REV ...
... kind ; to be flattered with " the notion of abilities more than common , " yet to no end ; to be of no importance to my- " self , or to any one around me ; to waste my youth ec " youth and health in hardly providing for my THE REV ...
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... kind , generous , and friendly disposition . His attachment to his nephew was throughout uniform and con- stant , indeed his kindness and attention to his interests on all occasions could scarcely have been exceeded , had the tie of ...
... kind , generous , and friendly disposition . His attachment to his nephew was throughout uniform and con- stant , indeed his kindness and attention to his interests on all occasions could scarcely have been exceeded , had the tie of ...
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