The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Bickers and Son, 1874 - Authors, English |
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... English adjec- tives , of a somewhat coarse flavour , have been struck out , and others substituted . This presents only a general idea of his operations ; but a few specimens of these errors , each fairly representing a whole class ...
... English adjec- tives , of a somewhat coarse flavour , have been struck out , and others substituted . This presents only a general idea of his operations ; but a few specimens of these errors , each fairly representing a whole class ...
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... English by Dame Oliver , a widow , who kept a school for young children in Lichfield . He told me she could read the black letter , and asked him to borrow for her , from his father , a bible in that character . When he was going to ...
... English by Dame Oliver , a widow , who kept a school for young children in Lichfield . He told me she could read the black letter , and asked him to borrow for her , from his father , a bible in that character . When he was going to ...
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... English Malady . " Though he suffered severely from it , he was not therefore degraded . The powers of his great mind might be troubled , and their full exercise suspended at times , but the mind itself was ever entire . As a proof of ...
... English Malady . " Though he suffered severely from it , he was not therefore degraded . The powers of his great mind might be troubled , and their full exercise suspended at times , but the mind itself was ever entire . As a proof of ...
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... English books written on the subject , followed his usual amusements , and considered his conscience as lightened of a crime . He redoubled his diligence to learn the language that contained the information he most wished for ; but from ...
... English books written on the subject , followed his usual amusements , and considered his conscience as lightened of a crime . He redoubled his diligence to learn the language that contained the information he most wished for ; but from ...
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... English might be an useful and profitable publication , Mr. Warren and Mr. Hector joined in urging him to undertake it . He accord- ingly agreed ; and the book not being to be found in Birmingham , he borrowed it of Pembroke College . A ...
... English might be an useful and profitable publication , Mr. Warren and Mr. Hector joined in urging him to undertake it . He accord- ingly agreed ; and the book not being to be found in Birmingham , he borrowed it of Pembroke College . A ...
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