The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... once said , that " he could write the life of a broomstick 4 , " so , notwithstanding so many former travellers have exhausted almost every subject for re- mark in that great kingdom , his very accu- rate observation , and peculiar ...
... once said , that " he could write the life of a broomstick 4 , " so , notwithstanding so many former travellers have exhausted almost every subject for re- mark in that great kingdom , his very accu- rate observation , and peculiar ...
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... once ex- cluded by a legal prohibition ? Or may that which passed only to males by one law , pass likewise to females by another ? " You mention your resolution to main- tain the right of your brothers 1 : I do not see how any of their ...
... once ex- cluded by a legal prohibition ? Or may that which passed only to males by one law , pass likewise to females by another ? " You mention your resolution to main- tain the right of your brothers 1 : I do not see how any of their ...
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... once told Mrs. Piozzi that a young gentleman called on him one morn- ing , and told him that , having dropped sud- denly into an ample fortune , he was willing to qualify himself for genteel society by add- ing some literature to his ...
... once told Mrs. Piozzi that a young gentleman called on him one morn- ing , and told him that , having dropped sud- denly into an ample fortune , he was willing to qualify himself for genteel society by add- ing some literature to his ...
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... once engaged in any particular way of life . " p . 220 . 66 morning at the Somerset coffee - house in the Strand , where we were taken up by the Oxford coach . He was accompanied by Mr. Gwyn , the architect ; and a gentleman of Merton ...
... once engaged in any particular way of life . " p . 220 . 66 morning at the Somerset coffee - house in the Strand , where we were taken up by the Oxford coach . He was accompanied by Mr. Gwyn , the architect ; and a gentleman of Merton ...
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... once his foot- man . ووو Biography led us to speak of Dr. John Campbell , who had written a considerable part of the " Biographia Britannica . " Johnson , though he valued him highly , was of opinion that there was not so much in his ...
... once his foot- man . ووو Biography led us to speak of Dr. John Campbell , who had written a considerable part of the " Biographia Britannica . " Johnson , though he valued him highly , was of opinion that there was not so much in his ...
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