The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... given us your travels in France . I am sure I am right , and there's an end on't . " I said to him that it was certainly true , as my friend Dempster had observed in his letter to me upon the subject , that a great part of what was in ...
... given us your travels in France . I am sure I am right , and there's an end on't . " I said to him that it was certainly true , as my friend Dempster had observed in his letter to me upon the subject , that a great part of what was in ...
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... given us pleasure . I remember , many years ago , when my imagination was warm , and I happened to be in a melancholy mood , it distressed me to think of going into a state of being in which Shakspeare's poetry did not exist . A lady ...
... given us pleasure . I remember , many years ago , when my imagination was warm , and I happened to be in a melancholy mood , it distressed me to think of going into a state of being in which Shakspeare's poetry did not exist . A lady ...
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... given a description of a good desirable manor : - ' Est modus in rebus , sunt certi denique fines ; ' that is to say , a modus as to the tithes and certain fines . " He observed , " A man cannot with propriety speak of himself , except ...
... given a description of a good desirable manor : - ' Est modus in rebus , sunt certi denique fines ; ' that is to say , a modus as to the tithes and certain fines . " He observed , " A man cannot with propriety speak of himself , except ...
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... the entrance of 1 This , probably , was the scene , the exaggeration or misrepresentation of which may have given rise to Professor Miller's scandalous anecdote . See antè , Vol . II . p . 452.—C. the head - master ; and we very soon sat.
... the entrance of 1 This , probably , was the scene , the exaggeration or misrepresentation of which may have given rise to Professor Miller's scandalous anecdote . See antè , Vol . II . p . 452.—C. the head - master ; and we very soon sat.
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... given at the Old Bailey to the judges , counsel , and a few guests . The venerable Mr. Chamberlain Clarke remembered to have taken Johnson to this dinner , he being then sheriff . The judges were Blackstone and Eyree . Mr. Justice ...
... given at the Old Bailey to the judges , counsel , and a few guests . The venerable Mr. Chamberlain Clarke remembered to have taken Johnson to this dinner , he being then sheriff . The judges were Blackstone and Eyree . Mr. Justice ...
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