The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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... seen . ' The truth is , Ranelagh is of a more beautiful form ; more of it , or rather indeed the whole rotunda , appears at once , and it is better lighted . However , as Johnson observed , we saw the Pantheon in time of mourning , when ...
... seen . ' The truth is , Ranelagh is of a more beautiful form ; more of it , or rather indeed the whole rotunda , appears at once , and it is better lighted . However , as Johnson observed , we saw the Pantheon in time of mourning , when ...
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... seen an apparition . Goldsmith told us , he was assured by his brother , the Reverend Mr. Goldsmith , that he also Who would believe had seen one . General Oglethorpe told us , that Prender- Goldy when he told of a Ghost ? a Man whom ...
... seen an apparition . Goldsmith told us , he was assured by his brother , the Reverend Mr. Goldsmith , that he also Who would believe had seen one . General Oglethorpe told us , that Prender- Goldy when he told of a Ghost ? a Man whom ...
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... seen nothing I had not seen before , I have nothing to relate . Time has left that part of the island few antiquities ; and commerce has left the people no singularities . I was glad to go abroad , and , perhaps , glad to come home ...
... seen nothing I had not seen before , I have nothing to relate . Time has left that part of the island few antiquities ; and commerce has left the people no singularities . I was glad to go abroad , and , perhaps , glad to come home ...
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