The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4G. Bell and sons, 1889 |
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... called him , drank his bottle of Burgundy , and was exceedingly gay and entertaining . I cannot withhold from my great friend a censure of at least culpable inattention to a nobleman , who , it has been shown , behaved to him with ...
... called him , drank his bottle of Burgundy , and was exceedingly gay and entertaining . I cannot withhold from my great friend a censure of at least culpable inattention to a nobleman , who , it has been shown , behaved to him with ...
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... called and thought liberty . 46 [ A favourer of innovation ] lover of contradiction . " Warburton's [ censure ] objections . " His rage [ for liberty ] of patriotism . " Mr. Dyson with [ a zeal ] an ardour of friendship . In the Life of ...
... called and thought liberty . 46 [ A favourer of innovation ] lover of contradiction . " Warburton's [ censure ] objections . " His rage [ for liberty ] of patriotism . " Mr. Dyson with [ a zeal ] an ardour of friendship . In the Life of ...
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... called the Augustan age of England ; and that he showed a de- gree of eager curiosity concerning the common occurrences that were then passing , which appeared somewhat remark- able in a man of such intellectual stores , of such an ad ...
... called the Augustan age of England ; and that he showed a de- gree of eager curiosity concerning the common occurrences that were then passing , which appeared somewhat remark- able in a man of such intellectual stores , of such an ad ...
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... called for . It may be presumed that the owners of the former editions had bound their sets ; but it must also be observed , that the alterations were not considerable . - Croker . 2 The Rev. Joseph Spence , A. M. , Rector of Great ...
... called for . It may be presumed that the owners of the former editions had bound their sets ; but it must also be observed , that the alterations were not considerable . - Croker . 2 The Rev. Joseph Spence , A. M. , Rector of Great ...
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... called Athol porridge in the Highlands of Scot- land , which is a mixture of whisky and honey . Johnson said , " that must be a better liquor than the Cornish , for both its component parts are better . " He also observed , Mahogany ...
... called Athol porridge in the Highlands of Scot- land , which is a mixture of whisky and honey . Johnson said , " that must be a better liquor than the Cornish , for both its component parts are better . " He also observed , Mahogany ...
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