The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... remarkable for his learning and taste , as mon topics of patriotism , liberty , and in for his other eminent qualities ; and no man dependence ! Accordingly , we find in John- was more prompt , active , and generous , in son's " London ...
... remarkable for his learning and taste , as mon topics of patriotism , liberty , and in for his other eminent qualities ; and no man dependence ! Accordingly , we find in John- was more prompt , active , and generous , in son's " London ...
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... remarkable . The next article in his dairy had purposed to give him . I thought this day that there was something irregular and particular in his look and gesture ; but hav- ing intended to invite him to acquaintance , and having a fit ...
... remarkable . The next article in his dairy had purposed to give him . I thought this day that there was something irregular and particular in his look and gesture ; but hav- ing intended to invite him to acquaintance , and having a fit ...
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... remarkable . He speaking to him- self , or rather repeating , is a common habit with studious men accustomed to deep think- ing ; and , in consequence of their being thus rapt , they will even laugh by themselves , if the subject which ...
... remarkable . He speaking to him- self , or rather repeating , is a common habit with studious men accustomed to deep think- ing ; and , in consequence of their being thus rapt , they will even laugh by themselves , if the subject which ...
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