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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... knowing very well what I was about , and by no means as simply un- conscious of the pointed effects of the satire . I own , indeed , that I was arrogant enough to suppose that the tenour of the rest of the book iv DEDICATION .
... knowing very well what I was about , and by no means as simply un- conscious of the pointed effects of the satire . I own , indeed , that I was arrogant enough to suppose that the tenour of the rest of the book iv DEDICATION .
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... suppose that the tenour of the rest of the book would sufficiently guard me against such a strange imputation . But it seems I judged too . well of the world ; for , though I could scarcely believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed ...
... suppose that the tenour of the rest of the book would sufficiently guard me against such a strange imputation . But it seems I judged too . well of the world ; for , though I could scarcely believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed ...
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... suppose at five years old ] in his father's shop , intitled De veritate Religionis , & c . he began to think himself highly culpable for neglect- ing such a means of information , and took himself severely to task for this sin , adding ...
... suppose at five years old ] in his father's shop , intitled De veritate Religionis , & c . he began to think himself highly culpable for neglect- ing such a means of information , and took himself severely to task for this sin , adding ...
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... suppose , that his having been thus accidentally led to a particular study of the history and manners of Abyssinia , was the remote occasion of his writing , many years afterwards , his admirable philosophical tale , the principal scene ...
... suppose , that his having been thus accidentally led to a particular study of the history and manners of Abyssinia , was the remote occasion of his writing , many years afterwards , his admirable philosophical tale , the principal scene ...
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... suppose in very good humour . But though Mr. Topham Beauclerk used archly to Mrs. Williams , ' Her son is uniformly undutiful ; so I conclude , like many other sober men , he might once in his life be drunk , and in that fit nature got ...
... suppose in very good humour . But though Mr. Topham Beauclerk used archly to Mrs. Williams , ' Her son is uniformly undutiful ; so I conclude , like many other sober men , he might once in his life be drunk , and in that fit nature got ...
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