The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 |
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... authour . " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , all who go to look for what the Classicks have said of Italy must find the same ... authours had said of their country . " Ossian being mentioned ; -JOHNSON . " Supposing the Irish and Erse languages ...
... authour . " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , all who go to look for what the Classicks have said of Italy must find the same ... authours had said of their country . " Ossian being mentioned ; -JOHNSON . " Supposing the Irish and Erse languages ...
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... authour , upon hearing this , had said , that another still more celebrated actor was fit for nothing better than that , and would pick your pocket after you came out . JOHNSON . " Nay , my dear lady , there is no wit in what our friend ...
... authour , upon hearing this , had said , that another still more celebrated actor was fit for nothing better than that , and would pick your pocket after you came out . JOHNSON . " Nay , my dear lady , there is no wit in what our friend ...
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... authour ; and added , " that he was a great panegyrist . " BOSWELL . " No quality will get a man more friends than a disposition to admire the qualities of others . I do not mean flattery , but a sincere admiration . " JOHNSON . " Nay ...
... authour ; and added , " that he was a great panegyrist . " BOSWELL . " No quality will get a man more friends than a disposition to admire the qualities of others . I do not mean flattery , but a sincere admiration . " JOHNSON . " Nay ...
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... authour or his friends . Cambridge , however , shewed us to day , that there was good reason enough to doubt concerning its success . He was toldby Quin , that during the first night of its appearance it was long in a very dubious state ...
... authour or his friends . Cambridge , however , shewed us to day , that there was good reason enough to doubt concerning its success . He was toldby Quin , that during the first night of its appearance it was long in a very dubious state ...
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... authour of " The History of St. Kilda . " A law - suit carried on by Sir Allan Maclean , Chief of his Clan , to recover certain parts of his family estate from the Duke of Argyle . Mr. Donald Macqueen and Lord Monboddo supped with me ...
... authour of " The History of St. Kilda . " A law - suit carried on by Sir Allan Maclean , Chief of his Clan , to recover certain parts of his family estate from the Duke of Argyle . Mr. Donald Macqueen and Lord Monboddo supped with me ...
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