The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... tell them that they may very easily get as much as will do very well . I do not indeed tell them that they will be Bentleys . " The night we rode to Col's house , I said , " Lord Elibank is probably wondering what is become of us ...
... tell them that they may very easily get as much as will do very well . I do not indeed tell them that they will be Bentleys . " The night we rode to Col's house , I said , " Lord Elibank is probably wondering what is become of us ...
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... tell him the truth of the matter . " This Sir Allan , " said he , " was he a regular baronet , or was his title such a traditional one as you find in Ireland ? " I assured my excellent acquaintance that , for my own part , I would have ...
... tell him the truth of the matter . " This Sir Allan , " said he , " was he a regular baronet , or was his title such a traditional one as you find in Ireland ? " I assured my excellent acquaintance that , for my own part , I would have ...
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... tell us that he had visited this chapel the evening before ; but Johnson says to Mrs. Thrale , " Boswell , who is very pious , went into it at night to perform his devotions , but came back in haste , for fear of spectres . " - Letters ...
... tell us that he had visited this chapel the evening before ; but Johnson says to Mrs. Thrale , " Boswell , who is very pious , went into it at night to perform his devotions , but came back in haste , for fear of spectres . " - Letters ...
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... tell him , by our law you may walk half round the church ; but , if you walk round the whole , you will be punished capitally ; ' and he will believe me at once . Now , no English- man would readily swallow such a thing : he would go ...
... tell him , by our law you may walk half round the church ; but , if you walk round the whole , you will be punished capitally ; ' and he will believe me at once . Now , no English- man would readily swallow such a thing : he would go ...
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... tell with any tolerable exactness ; but it seemed to be very lofty , and to be a pretty regular arch . We penetrated , by candlelight , a great way ; by our measurement , no less than four hundred and eighty - five feet . Tradition says ...
... tell with any tolerable exactness ; but it seemed to be very lofty , and to be a pretty regular arch . We penetrated , by candlelight , a great way ; by our measurement , no less than four hundred and eighty - five feet . Tradition says ...
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