Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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... House of Commons , and a person every way worthy of credit , who says he had it from Garrick . Now mark : Johnson's visit to Oxford , about the time of his doctor's degree , was in 1754 , the first time he had been there since he left ...
... House of Commons , and a person every way worthy of credit , who says he had it from Garrick . Now mark : Johnson's visit to Oxford , about the time of his doctor's degree , was in 1754 , the first time he had been there since he left ...
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... House of Commons was constantly on the increase . The government was under the necessity of bartering for ... Parliament . During the whole course of his administration , therefore , he scarcely befriended a single man of genius . The ...
... House of Commons was constantly on the increase . The government was under the necessity of bartering for ... Parliament . During the whole course of his administration , therefore , he scarcely befriended a single man of genius . The ...
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... House of Commons about seeking the Lord , might be an unprincipled villain , whose religious mummeries only aggravated his guilt . But a man who took off his hat when he passed a church episcopally consecrated must be a good man , a ...
... House of Commons about seeking the Lord , might be an unprincipled villain , whose religious mummeries only aggravated his guilt . But a man who took off his hat when he passed a church episcopally consecrated must be a good man , a ...
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... House of Commons , Mr. Smooth - man , Mr. Anything , and Mr. Facing - both - ways ; nor would the parson of the parish , Mr. Two - tongues , ' have been wanting . The town of Bedford probably contained more than one politician who ...
... House of Commons , Mr. Smooth - man , Mr. Anything , and Mr. Facing - both - ways ; nor would the parson of the parish , Mr. Two - tongues , ' have been wanting . The town of Bedford probably contained more than one politician who ...
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... House of Commons , a negotiator , a soldier . He governed a fierce and turbulent assembly , abounding in able men , as easily as he had governed his family . He showed himself as competent to direct a campaign as to conduct the business ...
... House of Commons , a negotiator , a soldier . He governed a fierce and turbulent assembly , abounding in able men , as easily as he had governed his family . He showed himself as competent to direct a campaign as to conduct the business ...
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