The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... write one at some future period . The Sunday evening that we sat by ourselves at Aberdeen , I asked him several ... writing them in his pre- sence . I have them on detached sheets * * 2 . I have now a vast treasure of his conversation ...
... write one at some future period . The Sunday evening that we sat by ourselves at Aberdeen , I asked him several ... writing them in his pre- sence . I have them on detached sheets * * 2 . I have now a vast treasure of his conversation ...
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... write letters . I begged he would write short ones , and not expatiate , as we ought to set off early . He was irritated by this , and said , " What must be done , must be done : the thing is past a joke . " - " Nay , sir ( said I ) , write ...
... write letters . I begged he would write short ones , and not expatiate , as we ought to set off early . He was irritated by this , and said , " What must be done , must be done : the thing is past a joke . " - " Nay , sir ( said I ) , write ...
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... write . She read and translated two of them ; one a kind of elegy on Sir John M'Lean's being obliged to fly his country in 1715 ; another , a dia- logue between two Roman Catholick young ladies , sisters , whether it was better to be a ...
... write . She read and translated two of them ; one a kind of elegy on Sir John M'Lean's being obliged to fly his country in 1715 ; another , a dia- logue between two Roman Catholick young ladies , sisters , whether it was better to be a ...
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... write Tour to down a collection of the instances of his narrowness , as they almost exceeded belief . Col told us , that O'Kane , the famous Irish harper , was once at that gentleman's house . He could not find in his heart to give him ...
... write Tour to down a collection of the instances of his narrowness , as they almost exceeded belief . Col told us , that O'Kane , the famous Irish harper , was once at that gentleman's house . He could not find in his heart to give him ...
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... writer to the signet , ' was the reply . " Umph ! " said Sir Allan , but not with an accent of assent , " I mean that other house . " " Oh ! that belongs to a very honest fellow , Jamie also a writer to the signet . " " Umph ! " said ...
... writer to the signet , ' was the reply . " Umph ! " said Sir Allan , but not with an accent of assent , " I mean that other house . " " Oh ! that belongs to a very honest fellow , Jamie also a writer to the signet . " " Umph ! " said ...
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