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He had , like Warren Hastings , been able to realise an early and strong desire to recover the ancient inheritance of his family , which was forfeited to the Crown in 1746 , and had afterwards passed through different hands .
He had , like Warren Hastings , been able to realise an early and strong desire to recover the ancient inheritance of his family , which was forfeited to the Crown in 1746 , and had afterwards passed through different hands .
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He may direct it differently ; he may , by accident , see the success of one kind of study , and take a desire to excel in it . I am persuaded that had Sir Isaac Newton applied to poetry , he would have made a very fine epic.
He may direct it differently ; he may , by accident , see the success of one kind of study , and take a desire to excel in it . I am persuaded that had Sir Isaac Newton applied to poetry , he would have made a very fine epic.
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Though I have had clients whose causes I could not , as a private man , approve ; yet , if I undertook them , I would not do anything that might be prejudicial to them , even at their desire ...
Though I have had clients whose causes I could not , as a private man , approve ; yet , if I undertook them , I would not do anything that might be prejudicial to them , even at their desire ...
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Ogden on Prayer Aphoristic writing Edinburgh surveyed | 19 |
Poetry and dictionarywriting Scepticism Eternal necessity | 28 |
Dr Watson Literature and patronage Writing and conversation | 37 |
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| Titel | The Life of Samuel Johnson, Including A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3 The Life of Samuel Johnson, Including A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, James Boswell |
| Auteur | James Boswell |
| Uitgever | G. Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1909 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Harvard University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 18 dec 2018 |
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