The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D: Including A Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2A. V. Blake, 1844 |
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... Italy , but I say you are not for it . " " Lichfield , 13th June , 1775 . “ I now write from Mrs. Cobb's , where I have had custard . Nothing considerable has happened since I wrote , only I am sorry to see Miss Porter so bad , and I am ...
... Italy , but I say you are not for it . " " Lichfield , 13th June , 1775 . “ I now write from Mrs. Cobb's , where I have had custard . Nothing considerable has happened since I wrote , only I am sorry to see Miss Porter so bad , and I am ...
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... Italy . I believe him ; but shall we ever see so pop- ulous a city as London ? so rich a city ? so happy a city ? I fancy not . ' Let bear or elephant be e'er so white , The people sure , the people , are the sight . ' " They could not ...
... Italy . I believe him ; but shall we ever see so pop- ulous a city as London ? so rich a city ? so happy a city ? I fancy not . ' Let bear or elephant be e'er so white , The people sure , the people , are the sight . ' " They could not ...
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... Italy , and perhaps their manners re- JOHNSON . No. sembled the Italians . " He was the showman , and we did not like his show ; that was all . " ] 66 While Johnson was in France , he was generally very resolute in speaking Latin . It ...
... Italy , and perhaps their manners re- JOHNSON . No. sembled the Italians . " He was the showman , and we did not like his show ; that was all . " ] 66 While Johnson was in France , he was generally very resolute in speaking Latin . It ...
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... Italy , Spain , and Germany . John- son scorned what he called colloquial bar- barisms . It was his pride to speak his best . He went on , after a little practice , with as much facility as if it was his native tongue . One sentence Mr ...
... Italy , Spain , and Germany . John- son scorned what he called colloquial bar- barisms . It was his pride to speak his best . He went on , after a little practice , with as much facility as if it was his native tongue . One sentence Mr ...
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... Italy , he says , on the 1st of April . " Let me warn you very earnestly against scruples . I am glad that you are reconciled to your settlement , and think it a great honour to have shaken Lord Hailes's opi- nion of entails . Do not ...
... Italy , he says , on the 1st of April . " Let me warn you very earnestly against scruples . I am glad that you are reconciled to your settlement , and think it a great honour to have shaken Lord Hailes's opi- nion of entails . Do not ...
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