The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... person to be introduced , to instruct them in the forms . John- son's scruples probably arose from this - it was an etiquette generally insisted on to present at fo- reign courts those only who had been presented to their own sovereign ...
... person to be introduced , to instruct them in the forms . John- son's scruples probably arose from this - it was an etiquette generally insisted on to present at fo- reign courts those only who had been presented to their own sovereign ...
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... person who showed this menagerie was mistaken in supposing the fossane and the Bra- silian weasel to be the same , the fossane being a different animal , and a native of Madagascar . I find them , however , upon one plate in Pennant's ...
... person who showed this menagerie was mistaken in supposing the fossane and the Bra- silian weasel to be the same , the fossane being a different animal , and a native of Madagascar . I find them , however , upon one plate in Pennant's ...
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... person 3 being now recommended to Dr. Johnson , as fit to superintend this proposed riding - school , he exerted himself with that zeal for which he was remarkable upon 1 [ Mr. Wesley's sister . - ED . ] 2 [ The Clarendon MSS . , and ...
... person 3 being now recommended to Dr. Johnson , as fit to superintend this proposed riding - school , he exerted himself with that zeal for which he was remarkable upon 1 [ Mr. Wesley's sister . - ED . ] 2 [ The Clarendon MSS . , and ...
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... person to be always about you , sir , who is capable of explaining such mat- ters , and not come to us to know whether the cat lays eggs or not : get a discreet man to keep you company ; there are many who would be glad of your table ...
... person to be always about you , sir , who is capable of explaining such mat- ters , and not come to us to know whether the cat lays eggs or not : get a discreet man to keep you company ; there are many who would be glad of your table ...
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... person of an opponent ought not to be spared . If a man firmly believes that religion is an invaluable trea- sure , he will consider a writer who endeav- ours to deprive mankind of it as a robber ; he will look upon him as odious ...
... person of an opponent ought not to be spared . If a man firmly believes that religion is an invaluable trea- sure , he will consider a writer who endeav- ours to deprive mankind of it as a robber ; he will look upon him as odious ...
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