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... given of Johnson- Correspondence between Boswell and Johnson - The Negro Cause decided - Mr . Florence Wilson - Mr . Saunders Welch - Advice to Travellers - Parnell , the Poet- " Taxation no Tyranny " -Rumoured Death of Johnson CHAPTER ...
... given of Johnson- Correspondence between Boswell and Johnson - The Negro Cause decided - Mr . Florence Wilson - Mr . Saunders Welch - Advice to Travellers - Parnell , the Poet- " Taxation no Tyranny " -Rumoured Death of Johnson CHAPTER ...
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... given by Dr. Hawkesworth of his voyages . I told him that while I was with the Captain I caught the enthusiasm of curiosity and adventure , and felt a strong inclination to go with him on his next 1 Jerome Lobo was a Portuguese Jesuit ...
... given by Dr. Hawkesworth of his voyages . I told him that while I was with the Captain I caught the enthusiasm of curiosity and adventure , and felt a strong inclination to go with him on his next 1 Jerome Lobo was a Portuguese Jesuit ...
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... given to a man who is calumniated in his life- time , because he may be hurt in his worldly interest , or at least hurt in 66 1 John Maclaurin was the son of the celebrated Colin Maclaurin , professor of mathematics at Edinburgh . He ...
... given to a man who is calumniated in his life- time , because he may be hurt in his worldly interest , or at least hurt in 66 1 John Maclaurin was the son of the celebrated Colin Maclaurin , professor of mathematics at Edinburgh . He ...
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... given me an account , where the members played to a desperate extent . JOHNSON : " Depend upon it , Sir , this is mere talk . Who is ruined by gaming ? You will not find six instances in an age . There is a strange rout made about deep ...
... given me an account , where the members played to a desperate extent . JOHNSON : " Depend upon it , Sir , this is mere talk . Who is ruined by gaming ? You will not find six instances in an age . There is a strange rout made about deep ...
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... given time than Greece and Rome ; put England , Spain , Germany , and the Northern kingdoms out of the question . - BURNEY . 2 Wm . Julius Mickle , the translator of Camoens ' " Lusiad , " was born in 1734 , at Langholm in Dumfriesshire ...
... given time than Greece and Rome ; put England , Spain , Germany , and the Northern kingdoms out of the question . - BURNEY . 2 Wm . Julius Mickle , the translator of Camoens ' " Lusiad , " was born in 1734 , at Langholm in Dumfriesshire ...
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