The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... lady that I have found in the High- lands . She knows French , musick , and drawing , sews neatly , makes shell - work , and can milk cows ; in short , she can do every thing . She talks sensibly , and is the first person whom I have ...
... lady that I have found in the High- lands . She knows French , musick , and drawing , sews neatly , makes shell - work , and can milk cows ; in short , she can do every thing . She talks sensibly , and is the first person whom I have ...
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... Lady Lochbuy was sister to Sir Allan M'Lean , but much older . He said to me , " They are quite Antediluvians . " Being told that Dr. Johnson did not hear well , Lochbuy bawled out to him , " Are you of the Johnstons of Glencro , or of ...
... Lady Lochbuy was sister to Sir Allan M'Lean , but much older . He said to me , " They are quite Antediluvians . " Being told that Dr. Johnson did not hear well , Lochbuy bawled out to him , " Are you of the Johnstons of Glencro , or of ...
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... lady's part ; and very gravely said , " I think it is but fair to give him an offer of it . If he does not choose it , he may let it alone . " " I think so , " said the lady , looking at her brother with an air of vic- tory . Sir Allan ...
... lady's part ; and very gravely said , " I think it is but fair to give him an offer of it . If he does not choose it , he may let it alone . " " I think so , " said the lady , looking at her brother with an air of vic- tory . Sir Allan ...
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... lady ; " so we drank one of the ladies whom we had lately left . He owned to - night , that he got as good a room and bed as at an English inn . 66 I had here the pleasure of finding a letter from home , which relieved me from the ...
... lady ; " so we drank one of the ladies whom we had lately left . He owned to - night , that he got as good a room and bed as at an English inn . 66 I had here the pleasure of finding a letter from home , which relieved me from the ...
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... Lady Coventry ) for her personal charms , had been previously Duchess of Hamilton , and was mother of Douglas , Duke of Hamilton , the competitor for the Douglas property with the late Lord Douglas : she was , of course , prejudiced ...
... Lady Coventry ) for her personal charms , had been previously Duchess of Hamilton , and was mother of Douglas , Duke of Hamilton , the competitor for the Douglas property with the late Lord Douglas : she was , of course , prejudiced ...
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