The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... thought pretty ; but I know not whether it is properly a snuff - box , or a box for some other use . I will send it , when I can find an opportunity . I have been through the whole journey remarka- bly well . My fellow - travellers were ...
... thought pretty ; but I know not whether it is properly a snuff - box , or a box for some other use . I will send it , when I can find an opportunity . I have been through the whole journey remarka- bly well . My fellow - travellers were ...
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... thought the pictures of Raphael fine . " The Thuilleries - Statues - Venus- En . and Anchises in his arms - Nilus- Many more - The walks not open to mean persons Chairs at night hired for two sous a piece - Pont tournant 9 . " Austin ...
... thought the pictures of Raphael fine . " The Thuilleries - Statues - Venus- En . and Anchises in his arms - Nilus- Many more - The walks not open to mean persons Chairs at night hired for two sous a piece - Pont tournant 9 . " Austin ...
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... thought , no politeness ; their civilities never indicated more good - will than the talk of a parrot , indiscriminately using the same set of su- perlative phrases , " à la merveille ! " to eve- ry one alike . They really seemed to ...
... thought , no politeness ; their civilities never indicated more good - will than the talk of a parrot , indiscriminately using the same set of su- perlative phrases , " à la merveille ! " to eve- ry one alike . They really seemed to ...
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... thought than you will now give me time for . " No , no , " replied the gen- tleman , gaily , " the book I have no cer- tainty at all of ; but here is the author , to whoin I referred : I have won my twenty guineas quite fairly , and am ...
... thought than you will now give me time for . " No , no , " replied the gen- tleman , gaily , " the book I have no cer- tainty at all of ; but here is the author , to whoin I referred : I have won my twenty guineas quite fairly , and am ...
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... thought , was very well done ; but " The Sugar - cane , a Poem , " did not please him ; for , he exclaimed , " What could he make of a sugar - cane ? One might as we write the Parsley - bed , a Poem ; ' or ' The Cabbage - garden , a ...
... thought , was very well done ; but " The Sugar - cane , a Poem , " did not please him ; for , he exclaimed , " What could he make of a sugar - cane ? One might as we write the Parsley - bed , a Poem ; ' or ' The Cabbage - garden , a ...
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