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... tion , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenour of what he ...
... tion , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenour of what he ...
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... tion in monkish rhyme , lately discovered near Lynne in Norfolk : by Probus Britannicus ; acknowl . FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE . Life of Boerhaave ; acknowl . Address to the reader ; intern . evid . Appeal to the publick in behalf of ...
... tion in monkish rhyme , lately discovered near Lynne in Norfolk : by Probus Britannicus ; acknowl . FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE . Life of Boerhaave ; acknowl . Address to the reader ; intern . evid . Appeal to the publick in behalf of ...
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... tion led him into all the faults for which he has been so severely arraigned . Had he assumed the proud scorner's motto , " Nil admirari , " he 66 would have abstained from many a trivial detail , and PREFATORY NOTICE . vii.
... tion led him into all the faults for which he has been so severely arraigned . Had he assumed the proud scorner's motto , " Nil admirari , " he 66 would have abstained from many a trivial detail , and PREFATORY NOTICE . vii.
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... tion and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But although he at different times , in a de- sultory ...
... tion and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But although he at different times , in a de- sultory ...
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... tion of esquire , was commonly taken by those who could not boast of gentility . His father was Michael Johnson , a native of Derbyshire , of obscure extraction , who settled in Lichfield as a bookseller and stationer . His mother was ...
... tion of esquire , was commonly taken by those who could not boast of gentility . His father was Michael Johnson , a native of Derbyshire , of obscure extraction , who settled in Lichfield as a bookseller and stationer . His mother was ...
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