The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... church an hour and a half ; at church again half an hour before , half an hour after , dinner ; and again from half an hour after seven to eight - They may sleep eight hours -bodily labour wanted in monasteries . " The poor taken into ...
... church an hour and a half ; at church again half an hour before , half an hour after , dinner ; and again from half an hour after seven to eight - They may sleep eight hours -bodily labour wanted in monasteries . " The poor taken into ...
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... church of St. Eu- stache . - ED . ] 8 [ St. Germain des Près , the too celebrated abbaye . Its library was said - after the king's library in Paris , and that of the Vatican - to be the richest in Europe in manuscripts .-- ED . ] 9 I ...
... church of St. Eu- stache . - ED . ] 8 [ St. Germain des Près , the too celebrated abbaye . Its library was said - after the king's library in Paris , and that of the Vatican - to be the richest in Europe in manuscripts .-- ED . ] 9 I ...
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... church not very large , but the middle aisle is very lofty and awful - On the left are chapels built beyond the line of the wall , which de- stroyed the symmetry of the sides - The organ is higher above the pavement than I have ever ...
... church not very large , but the middle aisle is very lofty and awful - On the left are chapels built beyond the line of the wall , which de- stroyed the symmetry of the sides - The organ is higher above the pavement than I have ever ...
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... church , and likely to be followed with many and dangerous innovations , which might at length become fatal to religion it- self , and shake even the foundation of Chris- tianity . The gentleman seemed to wonder and delight in his ...
... church , and likely to be followed with many and dangerous innovations , which might at length become fatal to religion it- self , and shake even the foundation of Chris- tianity . The gentleman seemed to wonder and delight in his ...
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... church , who had good means of knowing it , he wrote a letter upon the subject , which at once exhibits his extraordinary precision and acuteness , and his warm attachment to his alma mater . " TO THE REV . DR . WETHERELL , MASTER OF ...
... church , who had good means of knowing it , he wrote a letter upon the subject , which at once exhibits his extraordinary precision and acuteness , and his warm attachment to his alma mater . " TO THE REV . DR . WETHERELL , MASTER OF ...
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