The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4J. Murray, 1839 - Authors, English |
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... called St. Vitus's dance . He wore a full suit of plain brown clothes , with twisted hair - buttons of the same colour , a large bushy greyish wig , a plain shirt , black worsted stockings , and silver buckles . Upon this tour , when ...
... called St. Vitus's dance . He wore a full suit of plain brown clothes , with twisted hair - buttons of the same colour , a large bushy greyish wig , a plain shirt , black worsted stockings , and silver buckles . Upon this tour , when ...
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... called humour , which gives an oiliness and a gloss to every other quality . I I am , I flatter myself , completely a citizen of the world . In my travels through Holland , Germany , Switzerland , Italy , Corsica , France , I never felt ...
... called humour , which gives an oiliness and a gloss to every other quality . I I am , I flatter myself , completely a citizen of the world . In my travels through Holland , Germany , Switzerland , Italy , Corsica , France , I never felt ...
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... called Luckie , which it seems is synonymous to Goody in England . I , at first , thought the appellation very inappropriate , and that Unlucky would have been better , for Dr. Johnson had a mind to have thrown the waiter , as well as ...
... called Luckie , which it seems is synonymous to Goody in England . I , at first , thought the appellation very inappropriate , and that Unlucky would have been better , for Dr. Johnson had a mind to have thrown the waiter , as well as ...
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... called his father and mother.- C. ( 2 ) Robert Arbuthnot , Esq . was secretary to the Board of Trustees for the Encouragement of the Arts and Manufactures of Scotland ; in this office he was succeeded by his son William , Lord Provost ...
... called his father and mother.- C. ( 2 ) Robert Arbuthnot , Esq . was secretary to the Board of Trustees for the Encouragement of the Arts and Manufactures of Scotland ; in this office he was succeeded by his son William , Lord Provost ...
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... called Christians , " is still prefixed to Mr. Hume's excellent History of England , like a poor invalid on the piquet guard , or like a list of quack medicines sold by the same bookseller , by whom a work of whatever nature is ...
... called Christians , " is still prefixed to Mr. Hume's excellent History of England , like a poor invalid on the piquet guard , or like a list of quack medicines sold by the same bookseller , by whom a work of whatever nature is ...
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