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... records ; these docu- ments vindicate Wilkes from the charge of being a turncoat on this occasion ( iii . 428 and 537-9 ) . Boswell's very inaccurate account of Sir Robert Sibbald , who also has suffered detraction in recent years , I ...
... records ; these docu- ments vindicate Wilkes from the charge of being a turncoat on this occasion ( iii . 428 and 537-9 ) . Boswell's very inaccurate account of Sir Robert Sibbald , who also has suffered detraction in recent years , I ...
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... records : From the beginning of this year I have in some measure forborn excess of Strong Drink ' ( Pr . and Med . ¶47 ) . On Easter Sunday he records : ' Avoided wine ' ( ib . ¶ 49 ) . March 1 , 1765 , at Cambridge , ' he gave Mrs ...
... records : From the beginning of this year I have in some measure forborn excess of Strong Drink ' ( Pr . and Med . ¶47 ) . On Easter Sunday he records : ' Avoided wine ' ( ib . ¶ 49 ) . March 1 , 1765 , at Cambridge , ' he gave Mrs ...
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... records but the records of the sky . ' Ib . " ... thou art sunk beneath re- proach . ' Act v . sc . 2 . Oh , hide me from myself ! ' Act v . sc . 3 . 3 Johnson wrote of Milton : - ' I cannot but conceive him calm and confident , little ...
... records but the records of the sky . ' Ib . " ... thou art sunk beneath re- proach . ' Act v . sc . 2 . Oh , hide me from myself ! ' Act v . sc . 3 . 3 Johnson wrote of Milton : - ' I cannot but conceive him calm and confident , little ...
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DR HILLS DEDICATION TO JOWETT | xxix |
TITLEPAGE OF THE THIRD EDITION | xlvii |
Advertisement to the Life | 23 |
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