The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6J. Murray, 1839 - Authors, English |
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... died at Toledo , in 1560. He wrote a treatise " De Locis Theo- logicis , " in twelve books . B. He was celebrated for the beauty of his Latinity : " Melchior Canus parlait Latin comme Ciceron . " Vigneul - Marvilliana , vol . i . p ...
... died at Toledo , in 1560. He wrote a treatise " De Locis Theo- logicis , " in twelve books . B. He was celebrated for the beauty of his Latinity : " Melchior Canus parlait Latin comme Ciceron . " Vigneul - Marvilliana , vol . i . p ...
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... died in Aug. 1830 , under most melancholy circumstances . - C. 1835 . - ( 4 ) His tender affection for his departed wife , of which there are many evidences in his " Prayers and Meditations , " ap- pears very feelingly in this passage ...
... died in Aug. 1830 , under most melancholy circumstances . - C. 1835 . - ( 4 ) His tender affection for his departed wife , of which there are many evidences in his " Prayers and Meditations , " ap- pears very feelingly in this passage ...
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... died in 1787.- -C . - ( 2 ) Boscovich had a ready current flow of that flimsy phrase- ology with which a priest may travel through Italy , Spain , and Germany . Johnson scorned what he called colloquial barbar- isms . It was his pride ...
... died in 1787.- -C . - ( 2 ) Boscovich had a ready current flow of that flimsy phrase- ology with which a priest may travel through Italy , Spain , and Germany . Johnson scorned what he called colloquial barbar- isms . It was his pride ...
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... died in 1737. It was suspected that he was a natural son of Charles the Second , by a foreign lady ; and his physiognomy seems to evidence a foreign origin . · much in his great work , " A Political Survey ÆTAT . 67 . 77 BIOGRAPHY .
... died in 1737. It was suspected that he was a natural son of Charles the Second , by a foreign lady ; and his physiognomy seems to evidence a foreign origin . · much in his great work , " A Political Survey ÆTAT . 67 . 77 BIOGRAPHY .
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... died of want of attention , if he died at all by that book . " We talked of a work much in vogue at that time , written in a very mellifluous style , but which , under pretext of another subject , contained much artful infidelity . I ...
... died of want of attention , if he died at all by that book . " We talked of a work much in vogue at that time , written in a very mellifluous style , but which , under pretext of another subject , contained much artful infidelity . I ...
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