The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... seems , ex- asperated him , though he said nothing at the time . The cloud was charged with sulphureous vapour , which was afterwards to burst in thunder . We talked of a gentleman [ Mr. Langton ] , who was run- ning ou . his fortune in ...
... seems , ex- asperated him , though he said nothing at the time . The cloud was charged with sulphureous vapour , which was afterwards to burst in thunder . We talked of a gentleman [ Mr. Langton ] , who was run- ning ou . his fortune in ...
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... - verse translation . - B . It is the fashion to call Cowper's a miser . able failure . and by the side of Pope's fallacious brilliancy it undoubtedly seems deficient in 1 STAT . DK . HENRY'S HISTORY . 66 89 We 88 1770 LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... - verse translation . - B . It is the fashion to call Cowper's a miser . able failure . and by the side of Pope's fallacious brilliancy it undoubtedly seems deficient in 1 STAT . DK . HENRY'S HISTORY . 66 89 We 88 1770 LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... the cellars . ' " poetical splendour ; yet it is certainly the nearest portrait we have of Homer , and the more one reads it , the better it seems . - O . 1885 . 1 Lord Clive -0 . I would have a man great in great things ,
... the cellars . ' " poetical splendour ; yet it is certainly the nearest portrait we have of Homer , and the more one reads it , the better it seems . - O . 1885 . 1 Lord Clive -0 . I would have a man great in great things ,
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... seem , in Wales . ( See Skinner in v . ) But the heifers of Scotland and Wales , when brought to England , being ... seems so much less offensive than fifty others , that Boswell relates himself to have endured patiently , that it is ...
... seem , in Wales . ( See Skinner in v . ) But the heifers of Scotland and Wales , when brought to England , being ... seems so much less offensive than fifty others , that Boswell relates himself to have endured patiently , that it is ...
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... seems to countenance fanaticism , and which every sober - minded Christian feels to be a mere play on words ; for the love of God and the love of one's wife and friend are certainly not the same passion . - C . No doubt Dr. Robertson ...
... seems to countenance fanaticism , and which every sober - minded Christian feels to be a mere play on words ; for the love of God and the love of one's wife and friend are certainly not the same passion . - C . No doubt Dr. Robertson ...
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