The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... live here as we live at Strea- 1 A lawsuit carried on by Sir Allan Maclean , chief of his clan , to recover certain parts of his family estates from the duke of Argyle . - Bos- WELL . 2 [ On Mrs. Salisbury . - ED . ] tham . I went this ...
... live here as we live at Strea- 1 A lawsuit carried on by Sir Allan Maclean , chief of his clan , to recover certain parts of his family estates from the duke of Argyle . - Bos- WELL . 2 [ On Mrs. Salisbury . - ED . ] tham . I went this ...
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... live very magnificently , but the rest very miser- ably . There is no happy middle state as in England1 . The shops of Paris are mean ; the meat in the market is such as would be sent to a gaol in England ; and Mr. Thrale justly ...
... live very magnificently , but the rest very miser- ably . There is no happy middle state as in England1 . The shops of Paris are mean ; the meat in the market is such as would be sent to a gaol in England ; and Mr. Thrale justly ...
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... live ; for his receipts are small , and his debts sometimes bad . “ Thus , dear sir , I have been incited by Dr. ****** ' s letter to give you a detail of the circulation of books , which , perhaps , every man has not had opportunity of ...
... live ; for his receipts are small , and his debts sometimes bad . “ Thus , dear sir , I have been incited by Dr. ****** ' s letter to give you a detail of the circulation of books , which , perhaps , every man has not had opportunity of ...
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... live on land . " " Then , " said I , " it would be cruel in a father to breed his son to the sea . " JOHNSON . " It would be cruel in a father who thinks as I do . Men go to sea , before they know the unhappi- ness of that way of life ...
... live on land . " " Then , " said I , " it would be cruel in a father to breed his son to the sea . " JOHNSON . " It would be cruel in a father who thinks as I do . Men go to sea , before they know the unhappi- ness of that way of life ...
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... Lives , but had laid aside that design , upon Dr. Johnson's telling him , from mis- take , that Lord Hailes intended to ... live with a man can write his life with any subject , contained much artful infidelity . I genuine exactness and ...
... Lives , but had laid aside that design , upon Dr. Johnson's telling him , from mis- take , that Lord Hailes intended to ... live with a man can write his life with any subject , contained much artful infidelity . I genuine exactness and ...
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