The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... pleased to hear from him , as it gave me an opportunity of observing that , notwithstanding his joke on the article of OATS , he was himself a proof that this kind of food was not peculiar to the people of Scotland . Thursday , 14th ...
... pleased to hear from him , as it gave me an opportunity of observing that , notwithstanding his joke on the article of OATS , he was himself a proof that this kind of food was not peculiar to the people of Scotland . Thursday , 14th ...
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... pleased with every thing ; he's always content ! " " Little do they know , " said I. He laughed , and said , " You rogue ! " We sent to hire horses to carry us across the island of Mull to the shore opposite to Inchkenneth , the ...
... pleased with every thing ; he's always content ! " " Little do they know , " said I. He laughed , and said , " You rogue ! " We sent to hire horses to carry us across the island of Mull to the shore opposite to Inchkenneth , the ...
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... pleased .with the musick , though he owns he neither likes it , nor has hardly any perception of it . At Mr. M'Pherson's , in Slate , he told us , that " he knew a drum from a trumpet , and a bagpipe from a guitar , which was about the ...
... pleased .with the musick , though he owns he neither likes it , nor has hardly any perception of it . At Mr. M'Pherson's , in Slate , he told us , that " he knew a drum from a trumpet , and a bagpipe from a guitar , which was about the ...
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... pleased to assume the appearance of an ancient Caledonian . We only regretted that he could not be prevailed with to partake of the social glass . One of his arguments against drinking appears to me not convincing . He urged , that ...
... pleased to assume the appearance of an ancient Caledonian . We only regretted that he could not be prevailed with to partake of the social glass . One of his arguments against drinking appears to me not convincing . He urged , that ...
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... pleased with the justice and novelty of the thought . Dr. Johnson illustrated what he had said as follows : " Take , as an instance , Charles the First's conces- sions to his parliament , which were greater and greater , in proportion ...
... pleased with the justice and novelty of the thought . Dr. Johnson illustrated what he had said as follows : " Take , as an instance , Charles the First's conces- sions to his parliament , which were greater and greater , in proportion ...
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