The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4Derby & Jackson, 1858 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... mind before he left London . JOHNSON . ' Why , yes , Sir , the topics were ; and books of travels will be good in pro- portion to what a man has previously in his mind ; his knowing " " 1 I believe , however , I shall follow my own ...
... mind before he left London . JOHNSON . ' Why , yes , Sir , the topics were ; and books of travels will be good in pro- portion to what a man has previously in his mind ; his knowing " " 1 I believe , however , I shall follow my own ...
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... mind more delightful than Tempé . " JOHNSON . " Ay , Sir , but let it be compared with Mull ! ” There was a very numerous congregation to - day at St. Clement's church , which Dr. Johnson said he observed with pleasure . And now I am to ...
... mind more delightful than Tempé . " JOHNSON . " Ay , Sir , but let it be compared with Mull ! ” There was a very numerous congregation to - day at St. Clement's church , which Dr. Johnson said he observed with pleasure . And now I am to ...
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... mind , and in a more ornamented man- ner , than perhaps any chancellor ever did , or ever will do . But , I believe , causes have been as judiciously decided as you could have done . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir . Property has been as well ...
... mind , and in a more ornamented man- ner , than perhaps any chancellor ever did , or ever will do . But , I believe , causes have been as judiciously decided as you could have done . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir . Property has been as well ...
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... mind , that if at any time the impression wore off , and I felt myself easy , I began to suspect some delusion . " In reviewing my time from Easter , 1777 , I found a very melancholy and shameful blank . So little has been done , that ...
... mind , that if at any time the impression wore off , and I felt myself easy , I began to suspect some delusion . " In reviewing my time from Easter , 1777 , I found a very melancholy and shameful blank . So little has been done , that ...
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... mind so as to have that confidence and In the phraseology of Scotland , I should have said , " Mr. John Spottiswoode , the younger , of that ilk . " Johnson knew that sense of the word very well , and has thus explained it in his ...
... mind so as to have that confidence and In the phraseology of Scotland , I should have said , " Mr. John Spottiswoode , the younger , of that ilk . " Johnson knew that sense of the word very well , and has thus explained it in his ...
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