The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... strong facts2 . " JOHN- sON . Why yes , sir ; but what is that to the merit of the composition ? In the ses- sions - paper of the Old Bailey there are strong facts . Housebreaking is a strong fact ; robbery is a strong fact ; and mur ...
... strong facts2 . " JOHN- sON . Why yes , sir ; but what is that to the merit of the composition ? In the ses- sions - paper of the Old Bailey there are strong facts . Housebreaking is a strong fact ; robbery is a strong fact ; and mur ...
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... strong . " " JOHNSON . " C ' Why , cines of various sorts , and some too of sir , I don't know that it does . Our chair- most powerful effect , are introduced into men from Ireland , who are as strong men as the human frame by the ...
... strong . " " JOHNSON . " C ' Why , cines of various sorts , and some too of sir , I don't know that it does . Our chair- most powerful effect , are introduced into men from Ireland , who are as strong men as the human frame by the ...
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... strong con- trast to the dreary waste around him . Thursday , 21st October . - This morning the subject of politicks was introduced . JOHNSON . " 6 Pulteney was as paltry a fellow as could be . He was a whig who pretend- ed to be honest ...
... strong con- trast to the dreary waste around him . Thursday , 21st October . - This morning the subject of politicks was introduced . JOHNSON . " 6 Pulteney was as paltry a fellow as could be . He was a whig who pretend- ed to be honest ...
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