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... free . Talking of the Scotch ( after Boswell was gone ) he said , though they were not a learned nation , yet they were very far removed from igno . Careless Husband " was not written by himself . Davies THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . 5.
... free . Talking of the Scotch ( after Boswell was gone ) he said , though they were not a learned nation , yet they were very far removed from igno . Careless Husband " was not written by himself . Davies THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . 5.
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... and Paris , & c . , were Irish . ' Sir , ' says he , ' I believe there is some- thing in what you say . I am content with it , since they are not Scotch . " " what he thought was for the salvation of the souls 6 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... and Paris , & c . , were Irish . ' Sir , ' says he , ' I believe there is some- thing in what you say . I am content with it , since they are not Scotch . " " what he thought was for the salvation of the souls 6 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
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... Scotch magazines and newspapers , in which his " Journey to the Western Islands " was attacked in every mode ; and I read a great part of them to him , knowing they would afford him entertainment . I wish the writers of them had been ...
... Scotch magazines and newspapers , in which his " Journey to the Western Islands " was attacked in every mode ; and I read a great part of them to him , knowing they would afford him entertainment . I wish the writers of them had been ...
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... Scotch ; - " Their learning is like bread in a besieged town : every man gets a little , but no man gets a full meal . " " There is ( said he , ) in Scotland a diffusion of learn- ing , a certain portion of it widely and thinly spread ...
... Scotch ; - " Their learning is like bread in a besieged town : every man gets a little , but no man gets a full meal . " " There is ( said he , ) in Scotland a diffusion of learn- ing , a certain portion of it widely and thinly spread ...
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... Scotch Western Isles , Mr. Boswell , and Sir Joshua Reynolds , dined here . I have long wished to be in company with this said Johnson . His conversation is the same as his writ- ing , but a dreadful voice and manner . He is certainly ...
... Scotch Western Isles , Mr. Boswell , and Sir Joshua Reynolds , dined here . I have long wished to be in company with this said Johnson . His conversation is the same as his writ- ing , but a dreadful voice and manner . He is certainly ...
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