My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately.... I, on the other hand, had a zealous partiality for heirs male, however remote.


The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (ed. 1791)

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My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately.... I, on the other hand, had a zealous...

My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately.... I, on the other hand, had a zealous...

My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately.... I, on the other hand, had a zealous...

My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately.... I, on the other hand, had a zealous...