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... is very 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 .
... is very 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 .
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... written in Scotland since Buchanan . Robertson , he said , used pretty words , but he liked Hume better , and neither of them would he allow to be more to Clarendon than a rat to a cat . Turn- ing to me , he said , ' You have produced ...
... written in Scotland since Buchanan . Robertson , he said , used pretty words , but he liked Hume better , and neither of them would he allow to be more to Clarendon than a rat to a cat . Turn- ing to me , he said , ' You have produced ...
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... written contract , which Allen the printer saw . Gardner thought as you do of the Judge . They were bound to write nothing else . They were to have , I think , a third of the profits of this sixpenny pamphlet ; and the contract was for ...
... written contract , which Allen the printer saw . Gardner thought as you do of the Judge . They were bound to write nothing else . They were to have , I think , a third of the profits of this sixpenny pamphlet ; and the contract was for ...
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... written out at large soon after the time , much might have been preserved , which is now irretrievably lost . I can now only record some particular scenes , and a few fragments of his memorabilia . But to make some amends for my ...
... written out at large soon after the time , much might have been preserved , which is now irretrievably lost . I can now only record some particular scenes , and a few fragments of his memorabilia . But to make some amends for my ...
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... writing of old in the Highlands or Hebrides , in the Erse language , produce the manuscripts . Where men write ... written out another line of my remarks on the Hebrides . I found it impossible to do it in London . Besides Dr ...
... writing of old in the Highlands or Hebrides , in the Erse language , produce the manuscripts . Where men write ... written out another line of my remarks on the Hebrides . I found it impossible to do it in London . Besides Dr ...
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