The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... look at however , were already full , and we were to the ladies disembarking to musick , and be divided and put into separate boats . walking in procession up to the rotunda . The water was rough , even seriously so ; the But the night ...
... look at however , were already full , and we were to the ladies disembarking to musick , and be divided and put into separate boats . walking in procession up to the rotunda . The water was rough , even seriously so ; the But the night ...
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... look- ing - glasses wrought - They come from Nor- mandy in cast plates , perhaps the third of an inch thick - At Paris they are ground upon a marble table , by rubbing one plate upon another with grit between them - The various sands ...
... look- ing - glasses wrought - They come from Nor- mandy in cast plates , perhaps the third of an inch thick - At Paris they are ground upon a marble table , by rubbing one plate upon another with grit between them - The various sands ...
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... look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools , to make faces and produce laughter ... Look , look , there is a coach gone by , there is a chariot , there is a postchaise ! " I dare say we saw a hundred ...
... look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools , to make faces and produce laughter ... Look , look , there is a coach gone by , there is a chariot , there is a postchaise ! " I dare say we saw a hundred ...
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... look old , he said , Why , sir , you are not to wonder at that ; no man's face has had more wear and tear . ' 999 ED . [ Mrs. Montagu's recent kindness to Miss Williams was not lost on Johnson . His letters to that lady became more ...
... look old , he said , Why , sir , you are not to wonder at that ; no man's face has had more wear and tear . ' 999 ED . [ Mrs. Montagu's recent kindness to Miss Williams was not lost on Johnson . His letters to that lady became more ...
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... look back , I am utterly unable to discover ; but human moments are stolen away by a thousand petty impediments which leave no trace be- hind them . I have been afflicted , through the whole Christmas , with the general dis- order , of ...
... look back , I am utterly unable to discover ; but human moments are stolen away by a thousand petty impediments which leave no trace be- hind them . I have been afflicted , through the whole Christmas , with the general dis- order , of ...
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