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As your father's liberality has indulged you with so long a ramble , I doubt not but you will think his sickness , or even his desire to see you , a sufficient reason for hasten- ing your return . The longer we live , and the more we ...
As your father's liberality has indulged you with so long a ramble , I doubt not but you will think his sickness , or even his desire to see you , a sufficient reason for hasten- ing your return . The longer we live , and the more we ...
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Much , no doubt , both of the sentiments and ex- pression were derived from conversation with him ; and it was certainly submitted to his friendly revision : but in the year 1783 , he at my request marked with a pencil the lines which ...
Much , no doubt , both of the sentiments and ex- pression were derived from conversation with him ; and it was certainly submitted to his friendly revision : but in the year 1783 , he at my request marked with a pencil the lines which ...
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A youth- observes , that , " no doubt , in the world to come , ( where the least pleasure is un- speakable , ) it cannot be but that he which hath bin most afflicted here , shall conceive and receive more exceeding joy , than he which ...
A youth- observes , that , " no doubt , in the world to come , ( where the least pleasure is un- speakable , ) it cannot be but that he which hath bin most afflicted here , shall conceive and receive more exceeding joy , than he which ...
Pagina 9
... I cannot help admiring it , as the performance of a man full of sincere reverential sub- mission to divine mystery , though beset with perplexing doubts : a state of mind to be viewed with pity rather than with anger .
... I cannot help admiring it , as the performance of a man full of sincere reverential sub- mission to divine mystery , though beset with perplexing doubts : a state of mind to be viewed with pity rather than with anger .
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In the next line you seem to use genus absolutely , for what we call family , that is , for illustrious extraction , I doubt without authority . Homines nullius originis , for nullis orti majoribus , or , nullo loco nati , is , as I am ...
In the next line you seem to use genus absolutely , for what we call family , that is , for illustrious extraction , I doubt without authority . Homines nullius originis , for nullis orti majoribus , or , nullo loco nati , is , as I am ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 2 James Boswell Volledige weergave - 1791 |
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