The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... doubt but you are now safely lodged in your own habita- tion , and have told all your adventures to Mrs. Boswell and Miss Veronica . Pray teach Veronica to love me . Bid her not mind mamma . " Mrs. Thrale has taken cold , and been very ...
... doubt but you are now safely lodged in your own habita- tion , and have told all your adventures to Mrs. Boswell and Miss Veronica . Pray teach Veronica to love me . Bid her not mind mamma . " Mrs. Thrale has taken cold , and been very ...
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... doubt that many years previous to 1775 , he corresponded with this lady , who was his stepdaughter , but none of his earlier letters to her have been preserved .-- BOSWELL . Since the death of the authour , several of John- son's ...
... doubt that many years previous to 1775 , he corresponded with this lady , who was his stepdaughter , but none of his earlier letters to her have been preserved .-- BOSWELL . Since the death of the authour , several of John- son's ...
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... doubt , that they were not of cedar , ebony , or mahogany , but of some meaner wood coloured over , a fashion which had not yet reached England . - ED . ] 3 [ The marechaussée was posted at the gates of the courts of justice ; but the ...
... doubt , that they were not of cedar , ebony , or mahogany , but of some meaner wood coloured over , a fashion which had not yet reached England . - ED . ] 3 [ The marechaussée was posted at the gates of the courts of justice ; but the ...
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... doubt ; the print is large and fair , in two folios - Another book was shown me , sup- posed to have been printed with wooden types - I think , Durandi Sanctuarium in 1458 - This is inferred from the difference of form sometimes seen in ...
... doubt ; the print is large and fair , in two folios - Another book was shown me , sup- posed to have been printed with wooden types - I think , Durandi Sanctuarium in 1458 - This is inferred from the difference of form sometimes seen in ...
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... doubt , meant a courier who rode post.-ED. ] " Some of the books of St. Germain's stand in presses from the wall , like those at Oxford . 66 Tuesday , 31st October . - I lived at the Benedictines ; meagre day ; soup meagre , herrings ...
... doubt , meant a courier who rode post.-ED. ] " Some of the books of St. Germain's stand in presses from the wall , like those at Oxford . 66 Tuesday , 31st October . - I lived at the Benedictines ; meagre day ; soup meagre , herrings ...
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