The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 7J. Murray, 1839 |
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... sent to Denmark for it . So unconditional was he in keeping his word ; so high as to the point of honour . " This was a liberal testimony from the Tory Johnson to the virtue of a great Whig nobleman . Mr. Burke's " Letter to the ...
... sent to Denmark for it . So unconditional was he in keeping his word ; so high as to the point of honour . " This was a liberal testimony from the Tory Johnson to the virtue of a great Whig nobleman . Mr. Burke's " Letter to the ...
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... sent them to me to sell . I offered them to Strahan , who sent them back with this answer ; That the first book he had pub- lished was the Duke of Berwick's Life , by which he had lost and he hated the name . ' Now I honestly tell you ...
... sent them to me to sell . I offered them to Strahan , who sent them back with this answer ; That the first book he had pub- lished was the Duke of Berwick's Life , by which he had lost and he hated the name . ' Now I honestly tell you ...
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... sent ambassadors to Louis the Four- teenth , but Louis the Fourteenth sent none to the King of Siam . " ( 1 ) 66 Here my friend for once discovered a want of knowledge or forgetfulness ; for Louis the Four- teenth did send an embassy to ...
... sent ambassadors to Louis the Four- teenth , but Louis the Fourteenth sent none to the King of Siam . " ( 1 ) 66 Here my friend for once discovered a want of knowledge or forgetfulness ; for Louis the Four- teenth did send an embassy to ...
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CHAPTER II | 49 |
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