The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Band 2National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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... less thinned at one period than another , whether by emigrations , war , or pestilence , not by their being more or less prolific . Births at all times bear the same proportion to the same number of people . BOSWELL : " But to consider ...
... less thinned at one period than another , whether by emigrations , war , or pestilence , not by their being more or less prolific . Births at all times bear the same proportion to the same number of people . BOSWELL : " But to consider ...
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... less occasion is there for law ; that is to say , the less occasion is there for investigating principles . " Sir A .: " I have been correcting several Scotch accents in my friend Bos- well . I doubt , Sir , if any Scotchman ever ...
... less occasion is there for law ; that is to say , the less occasion is there for investigating principles . " Sir A .: " I have been correcting several Scotch accents in my friend Bos- well . I doubt , Sir , if any Scotchman ever ...
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... less exact and much less deter- minate than I expected : they are , indeed , much less positive than , if he can trust his own book 2 which he laid before me , he is able to give . But I believe it will always be found , that he who ...
... less exact and much less deter- minate than I expected : they are , indeed , much less positive than , if he can trust his own book 2 which he laid before me , he is able to give . But I believe it will always be found , that he who ...
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Johnson introduced to George III Visits LichfieldDeath of Catherine Cham | 30 |
1769 | 50 |
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