The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... nation as follows : TO MR . WILLIAM DRUMMOND . " SIR , I did not expect to hear that it could be , in an assembly convened for the propagation of christian know- ledge , a question whether any nation uninstructed in re- ligion should ...
... nation as follows : TO MR . WILLIAM DRUMMOND . " SIR , I did not expect to hear that it could be , in an assembly convened for the propagation of christian know- ledge , a question whether any nation uninstructed in re- ligion should ...
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... nations , and the genealogy of mankind . They add often physical certainty to historical evidence ; and often supply the only evidence of ancient migrations , and of the revolutions of ages which left no written monuments be- hind them ...
... nations , and the genealogy of mankind . They add often physical certainty to historical evidence ; and often supply the only evidence of ancient migrations , and of the revolutions of ages which left no written monuments be- hind them ...
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... nation , he showed clearly , from reason and good sense , the greater degree of culpability in the one sex deviating from it than the other ; and , at the same time , inculcated a very useful lesson as to ' the way to keep him . ' I ...
... nation , he showed clearly , from reason and good sense , the greater degree of culpability in the one sex deviating from it than the other ; and , at the same time , inculcated a very useful lesson as to ' the way to keep him . ' I ...
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... nation bravely struggling to be free ? Consider fairly what is the case . The Corsicans never received any kind- ness from the Genoese . They never agreed to be subject to them . They owe them nothing ; and when reduced to an abject ...
... nation bravely struggling to be free ? Consider fairly what is the case . The Corsicans never received any kind- ness from the Genoese . They never agreed to be subject to them . They owe them nothing ; and when reduced to an abject ...
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... nation ? " This mode of representing the inconveniencies of re- straint as light and insignificant , was a kind of sophistry in which he delighted to indulge himself , in opposition to the extreme laxity for which it has been ...
... nation ? " This mode of representing the inconveniencies of re- straint as light and insignificant , was a kind of sophistry in which he delighted to indulge himself , in opposition to the extreme laxity for which it has been ...
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