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... heard and remembered the circumstance , which Johnson himself had forgot . 66 His majesty expressed a desire to have the literary biography of this country ably executed , and proposed to Dr. Johnson to undertake it . Johnson signified ...
... heard and remembered the circumstance , which Johnson himself had forgot . 66 His majesty expressed a desire to have the literary biography of this country ably executed , and proposed to Dr. Johnson to undertake it . Johnson signified ...
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... heard parts of it occa- sionally . He , however , talked of it ; and said , " I am of opinion that positive proof of fraud should not be required of the plaintiff , but that the judges should decide according as probability shall appear ...
... heard parts of it occa- sionally . He , however , talked of it ; and said , " I am of opinion that positive proof of fraud should not be required of the plaintiff , but that the judges should decide according as probability shall appear ...
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... heard him swear or talk bawdy . " Mr. Davies , who sat next to Dr. Percy , having after this had some con- versation aside with him , made a discovery which , in his zeal to pay court to Dr. Johnson , he eagerly proclaimed aloud from ...
... heard him swear or talk bawdy . " Mr. Davies , who sat next to Dr. Percy , having after this had some con- versation aside with him , made a discovery which , in his zeal to pay court to Dr. Johnson , he eagerly proclaimed aloud from ...
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... heard him fairly acknowledge ; for surely , while the power of grant- ing general warrants was supposed to be legal , and the apprehension of them hung over our heads , we did not possess that security of freedom congenial to our happy ...
... heard him fairly acknowledge ; for surely , while the power of grant- ing general warrants was supposed to be legal , and the apprehension of them hung over our heads , we did not possess that security of freedom congenial to our happy ...
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... heard him once say , that " a man has a very bad chance for happiness in that state , unless he marries a woman of very strong and fixed principles of religion . " He maintained to me , contrary to the common notion , that a woman would ...
... heard him once say , that " a man has a very bad chance for happiness in that state , unless he marries a woman of very strong and fixed principles of religion . " He maintained to me , contrary to the common notion , that a woman would ...
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