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put the following note : - “ It has been mentioned to me by an accurate English
friend , that Dr. Johnson could never have used the phrase almost nothing , as
not being English ; and therefore I have put another in its place . At the same time
, I ...
put the following note : - “ It has been mentioned to me by an accurate English
friend , that Dr. Johnson could never have used the phrase almost nothing , as
not being English ; and therefore I have put another in its place . At the same time
, I ...
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To those who delight in tracing the progress of works of literature , it will be an
entertainment to compare the limited design with the ample execution of that
admirable performance , “ The Lives of the English Poets , ” which is the richest ,
most ...
To those who delight in tracing the progress of works of literature , it will be an
entertainment to compare the limited design with the ample execution of that
admirable performance , “ The Lives of the English Poets , ” which is the richest ,
most ...
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E. “ The Irish language is not primitive ; it is Teutonick , a mixture of the northern
tongues : it has much English in it . ” JOHNSON . “ It may have been radically
Teutonick ; but English and High Dutch have no similarity to the eye , though ...
E. “ The Irish language is not primitive ; it is Teutonick , a mixture of the northern
tongues : it has much English in it . ” JOHNSON . “ It may have been radically
Teutonick ; but English and High Dutch have no similarity to the eye , though ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Henry Richard Tedder |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Editor | Percy Fitzgerald |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2020 |
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