The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... person , and the finery of his dress , was the person meant under that character . MA- LONE . [ See ( ante , p . 38 ) reasons for doubting that Gelidus could be meant for Professor Col- gon . The folly of such guesses at characters is ...
... person , and the finery of his dress , was the person meant under that character . MA- LONE . [ See ( ante , p . 38 ) reasons for doubting that Gelidus could be meant for Professor Col- gon . The folly of such guesses at characters is ...
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... person by adoption , as among the Romans , or by the ancient Jewish mode of a wife having children borne to her upon her knees , by her handmaid . But these were children in a different sense from that of nature . It was clearly ...
... person by adoption , as among the Romans , or by the ancient Jewish mode of a wife having children borne to her upon her knees , by her handmaid . But these were children in a different sense from that of nature . It was clearly ...
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... person do much to im- press you with an idea of him , and you are not sure that he would say what the mim- ick says in his character . " " BOSWELL . don't think Foote a good mimick , sir . " JOHNSON . " No , sir ; his imitations are not ...
... person do much to im- press you with an idea of him , and you are not sure that he would say what the mim- ick says in his character . " " BOSWELL . don't think Foote a good mimick , sir . " JOHNSON . " No , sir ; his imitations are not ...
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