The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... occasion proves how easily he could be persuaded to talk from a better motive than " for victory . " 66 Dr. Johnson here showed so much of the spirit of a Highlander , that he won Sir Allan's heart : indeed , he has shown it during the ...
... occasion proves how easily he could be persuaded to talk from a better motive than " for victory . " 66 Dr. Johnson here showed so much of the spirit of a Highlander , that he won Sir Allan's heart : indeed , he has shown it during the ...
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... or rather absurd custom , occasions the murder of many children . Young Col told us he could run down a greyhound ; 1 [ See post , sub Feb. 1775 , where this story is repeated . — ED . ] Hebrid . " for , " said he , " 24 1773. — ÆTAT . 64 .
... or rather absurd custom , occasions the murder of many children . Young Col told us he could run down a greyhound ; 1 [ See post , sub Feb. 1775 , where this story is repeated . — ED . ] Hebrid . " for , " said he , " 24 1773. — ÆTAT . 64 .
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... occasion ; for if , as he says , dinner be the thing of which a man thinks oftenest during the day , break- fast must be that of which he thinks first in the morning . - WALTER SCOTT . ] Hebrid . After breakfast , we surveyed the old ...
... occasion ; for if , as he says , dinner be the thing of which a man thinks oftenest during the day , break- fast must be that of which he thinks first in the morning . - WALTER SCOTT . ] Hebrid . After breakfast , we surveyed the old ...
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... occasion he made a visit to a friend , then residing at Carron lodge , on the banks of the Carron , where the banks of that river are studded with pretty villas ; Sir Allan , admiring the landscape , asked his friend , whom that ...
... occasion he made a visit to a friend , then residing at Carron lodge , on the banks of the Carron , where the banks of that river are studded with pretty villas ; Sir Allan , admiring the landscape , asked his friend , whom that ...
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... occasion may require . This is the practice of the French protestant churches . And although the office of forming supplications to the throne of Heaven is , in my mind , too great a trust to be indiscriminately committed to the ...
... occasion may require . This is the practice of the French protestant churches . And although the office of forming supplications to the throne of Heaven is , in my mind , too great a trust to be indiscriminately committed to the ...
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