The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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... tion are highly estimable ; and as he had a true relish of my " Tour to the Hebrides , " I trust I should now have been gratified with a larger share of his kind approbation . Dr. Adams , eminent as the Head of a College , as a writer ...
... tion are highly estimable ; and as he had a true relish of my " Tour to the Hebrides , " I trust I should now have been gratified with a larger share of his kind approbation . Dr. Adams , eminent as the Head of a College , as a writer ...
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... tion , that men filled with a noble enthusiasm for intellectual improvement would gladly have resorted from distant lands ; -1 opened my mind to him ingenuously , and gave him a little sketch of my life , to which he was pleased to ...
... tion , that men filled with a noble enthusiasm for intellectual improvement would gladly have resorted from distant lands ; -1 opened my mind to him ingenuously , and gave him a little sketch of my life , to which he was pleased to ...
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... tion to obey your father I sincerely approve ; but do not accustom yourself to enchain your volatility by vows ; they will sometime leave a thorn in your mind , which you will , perhaps , never be able to extract or eject . Take this ...
... tion to obey your father I sincerely approve ; but do not accustom yourself to enchain your volatility by vows ; they will sometime leave a thorn in your mind , which you will , perhaps , never be able to extract or eject . Take this ...
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