The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 7J. Murray, 1839 |
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... Thomas à Kempis . Uses of a Diary . Strict Adherence to Truth . Ghosts . - John Wesley . —Alcibiades's Dog . Emi- gration . - Parliamentary Eloquence . Place Hunt- ers . · Irish Language . · Thicknesse's " Travels . " Temptation . · Dr ...
... Thomas à Kempis . Uses of a Diary . Strict Adherence to Truth . Ghosts . - John Wesley . —Alcibiades's Dog . Emi- gration . - Parliamentary Eloquence . Place Hunt- ers . · Irish Language . · Thicknesse's " Travels . " Temptation . · Dr ...
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... Thomas à Kempis ( he observed ) must be a good book , as the world has opened its arms to receive it . It is said to have been printed , in one language or other , as many times as there have been months since it first came out . ( 1 ) ...
... Thomas à Kempis ( he observed ) must be a good book , as the world has opened its arms to receive it . It is said to have been printed , in one language or other , as many times as there have been months since it first came out . ( 1 ) ...
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... Thomas à Kempis ; ' and , finding that there appeared no abate- ment of his power of acquisition , he then desisted , as thinking the experiment had been duly tried . Burke justly observed , that this was not the most vigorous trial ...
... Thomas à Kempis ; ' and , finding that there appeared no abate- ment of his power of acquisition , he then desisted , as thinking the experiment had been duly tried . Burke justly observed , that this was not the most vigorous trial ...
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