Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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Page 16
... danger of a flogging . Mr. Croker has also given us a specimen of his skill in translating Latin . Johnson wrote a note in which he consulted his friend , Dr. Lawrence , on the propriety of losing some blood . The note contains these ...
... danger of a flogging . Mr. Croker has also given us a specimen of his skill in translating Latin . Johnson wrote a note in which he consulted his friend , Dr. Lawrence , on the propriety of losing some blood . The note contains these ...
Page 48
... danger of the abuse of power is nothing to a private man . What Frenchman is prevented passing his life as he pleases ? " SIR ADAM : " But , sir , in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people ...
... danger of the abuse of power is nothing to a private man . What Frenchman is prevented passing his life as he pleases ? " SIR ADAM : " But , sir , in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people ...
Page 85
... dangerous people enjoyed were the fruits of the spirit which he designates as proud and outrageous . He has , however , borne ample testi- mony to the effect , though he was not sagacious enough to trace it to its cause . 6 En le ...
... dangerous people enjoyed were the fruits of the spirit which he designates as proud and outrageous . He has , however , borne ample testi- mony to the effect , though he was not sagacious enough to trace it to its cause . 6 En le ...
Page 105
... dangers braved , power unsparingly exercised , suffering unshrinkingly borne ; of that fixed look , so full of severity , of mournful anxiety , of deep thought , of dauntless resolution , which seems at once to forebode and to defy a ...
... dangers braved , power unsparingly exercised , suffering unshrinkingly borne ; of that fixed look , so full of severity , of mournful anxiety , of deep thought , of dauntless resolution , which seems at once to forebode and to defy a ...
Page 108
... danger , of bringing to a solemn hearing this great controversy between the people and the Crown . Till this time , ' says Clarendon , he was rather of reputation in his own country than of public discourse or fame in the kingdom ; but ...
... danger , of bringing to a solemn hearing this great controversy between the people and the Crown . Till this time , ' says Clarendon , he was rather of reputation in his own country than of public discourse or fame in the kingdom ; but ...
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