The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides. To which are Added, Volume 4J. Murray, 1835 |
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... woman , and she was 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 ...
... woman , and she was 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 ...
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... woman , of whom Lord Hailes gives a sketch , were still prevalent among some of the presbyterians ; and , therefore , it was right in Lord Hailes , a man of known piety , to undeceive them . We walked out , that Dr. Johnson might see ...
... woman , of whom Lord Hailes gives a sketch , were still prevalent among some of the presbyterians ; and , therefore , it was right in Lord Hailes , a man of known piety , to undeceive them . We walked out , that Dr. Johnson might see ...
Page 87
... woman , as ever . Dr. Johnson here threw out some jokes against Scotland . He said , " You go first to Aber- deen ; then to Enbru ( the Scottish pronunciation of Edinburgh ) ; then to Newcastle , to be polished by the colliers ; then to ...
... woman , as ever . Dr. Johnson here threw out some jokes against Scotland . He said , " You go first to Aber- deen ; then to Enbru ( the Scottish pronunciation of Edinburgh ) ; then to Newcastle , to be polished by the colliers ; then to ...
Page 107
... woman who was with and a former child he had by her . cut off : he was then pulled up ; but the rope broke , and he was forced to lie an hour on the ground , till another rope was brought from Perth , -the execution being in a wood at ...
... woman who was with and a former child he had by her . cut off : he was then pulled up ; but the rope broke , and he was forced to lie an hour on the ground , till another rope was brought from Perth , -the execution being in a wood at ...
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... woman when she milks her cow ( which Mr. Grant told us is done in the Highlands ) , as at meals ; and custom is to be followed . " ( 1 ) We proceeded to Fort George . When we came into the square , I sent a soldier with the letter to Mr ...
... woman when she milks her cow ( which Mr. Grant told us is done in the Highlands ) , as at meals ; and custom is to be followed . " ( 1 ) We proceeded to Fort George . When we came into the square , I sent a soldier with the letter to Mr ...
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