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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... writing from time to time . You may now conceive yourself tolerably well acquainted with the expedition . Folks want me to go to Italy , but I say you are not for it . " " Lichfield , 13th June , 1775 . “ I now write from Mrs. Cobb's ...
... writing from time to time . You may now conceive yourself tolerably well acquainted with the expedition . Folks want me to go to Italy , but I say you are not for it . " " Lichfield , 13th June , 1775 . “ I now write from Mrs. Cobb's ...
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... writing of old in the Highlands or Hebrides , in the Erse language , produce the manuscripts . Where men write they will write to one an- other , and some of their letters , in families studious of their ancestry , will be kept . In ...
... writing of old in the Highlands or Hebrides , in the Erse language , produce the manuscripts . Where men write they will write to one an- other , and some of their letters , in families studious of their ancestry , will be kept . In ...
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... write again , and therefore I write now , though you cannot suppose that I have much to say . You have seen France your- self . From this place we are going to Rou- en , and from Rouen to Paris , where Mr. Thrale designs to stay about ...
... write again , and therefore I write now , though you cannot suppose that I have much to say . You have seen France your- self . From this place we are going to Rou- en , and from Rouen to Paris , where Mr. Thrale designs to stay about ...
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... writing . However , let somebody write , if you cannot , and tell me how you do , and a little of what has hap pened at Lichfield among our friends . I hope you are all well . 66 When I was in France , I thought my- self growing young ...
... writing . However , let somebody write , if you cannot , and tell me how you do , and a little of what has hap pened at Lichfield among our friends . I hope you are all well . 66 When I was in France , I thought my- self growing young ...
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... write upon a question which requires more knowledge of local law , and more acquaintance with the general rules of inheritance , than I can claim ; but I write , because you request it . " Land is , like any other possession , by ...
... write upon a question which requires more knowledge of local law , and more acquaintance with the general rules of inheritance , than I can claim ; but I write , because you request it . " Land is , like any other possession , by ...
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