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... appeared , and still appears to be , less need of alteration . The verses to Lady Firebrace1 may be had when you please , for you know that such a subject neither deserves much thought , nor requires it . " The Chinese stories 2 may be ...
... appeared , and still appears to be , less need of alteration . The verses to Lady Firebrace1 may be had when you please , for you know that such a subject neither deserves much thought , nor requires it . " The Chinese stories 2 may be ...
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... appeared to belong to Pembroke College , which , probably , had been considered by Johnson as his own , for upwards of fifty years . Would it not be fairer to consider this as an inadvertence , and draw no general inference ? The truth ...
... appeared to belong to Pembroke College , which , probably , had been considered by Johnson as his own , for upwards of fifty years . Would it not be fairer to consider this as an inadvertence , and draw no general inference ? The truth ...
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... appeared to him to be the truth ; his piety being constant , and the ruling principle of all his conduct . Such was SAMUEL JOHNSON , a man whose talents , acquirements , and virtues were so extraordinary , that the more his character is ...
... appeared to him to be the truth ; his piety being constant , and the ruling principle of all his conduct . Such was SAMUEL JOHNSON , a man whose talents , acquirements , and virtues were so extraordinary , that the more his character is ...
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