The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... young acquaintances must last drinking at night 3. He said melancholy . longest , if they do last ; and then , sir , young people were apt to fly to intemperance for men have more virtue than old men ; they relief , but that it sunk ...
... young acquaintances must last drinking at night 3. He said melancholy . longest , if they do last ; and then , sir , young people were apt to fly to intemperance for men have more virtue than old men ; they relief , but that it sunk ...
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... Young receive as novelties , what he thought very common maxims . He said , he believed Young was not a great scholar , nor had studied regularly the art of writing ; that there were very fine things in his Night Thoughts , " though you ...
... Young receive as novelties , what he thought very common maxims . He said , he believed Young was not a great scholar , nor had studied regularly the art of writing ; that there were very fine things in his Night Thoughts , " though you ...
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... young Macleod of Skie , the chieftain of the clan , sat on the right . " After supper a young lady , who was visiting , sung Erse songs , in which Lady Raarsa joined prettily enough , but not gracefully : the young ladies sustained the ...
... young Macleod of Skie , the chieftain of the clan , sat on the right . " After supper a young lady , who was visiting , sung Erse songs , in which Lady Raarsa joined prettily enough , but not gracefully : the young ladies sustained the ...
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