The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... less than a tour to France with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale . This was the only time in his life that he went upon the Continent . " TO MR . ROBERT LEVET . " Calais , 18th Sept. 1775 . DEAR SIR , -We are here in France , after a very pleasing ...
... less than a tour to France with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale . This was the only time in his life that he went upon the Continent . " TO MR . ROBERT LEVET . " Calais , 18th Sept. 1775 . DEAR SIR , -We are here in France , after a very pleasing ...
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... less flogging in our great schools than formerly , but then less is learned there ; so that what the boys get at one end they lose at the other . " " More is learned in publick than in pri- vate schools , from emulation ; there is the ...
... less flogging in our great schools than formerly , but then less is learned there ; so that what the boys get at one end they lose at the other . " " More is learned in publick than in pri- vate schools , from emulation ; there is the ...
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... less than those of booksellers ; and in most cases , communities are content with less profit than individuals . " It is , perhaps , not considered through how many hands a book often passes , before it comes into those of the reader ...
... less than those of booksellers ; and in most cases , communities are content with less profit than individuals . " It is , perhaps , not considered through how many hands a book often passes , before it comes into those of the reader ...
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... less exercised in it : and I think the same cause will explain the difference of excel- lence in other things , gradations admitting always some difference in the first princi- ples . " This is a difficult subject ; but it is best to ...
... less exercised in it : and I think the same cause will explain the difference of excel- lence in other things , gradations admitting always some difference in the first princi- ples . " This is a difficult subject ; but it is best to ...
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... less waste the whisker'd vermin race A countless clan despoil the lowland cane . ' Johnson said , that Dr. Grainger was an agreeable man ; a man who would do any good that was in his power . His transla- tion of Tibullus , he thought ...
... less waste the whisker'd vermin race A countless clan despoil the lowland cane . ' Johnson said , that Dr. Grainger was an agreeable man ; a man who would do any good that was in his power . His transla- tion of Tibullus , he thought ...
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