The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 - Authors, English |
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... England , that it offers nothing to the speculation of the traveller . " When I came home , I found several of your papers , with some pages of Lord Hailes ' Annals , which I will t consider . I am in haste to give you some account of ...
... England , that it offers nothing to the speculation of the traveller . " When I came home , I found several of your papers , with some pages of Lord Hailes ' Annals , which I will t consider . I am in haste to give you some account of ...
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... England , would have been a gross false- hood . " None of us ( said he ) would be offended if a foreigner who has travelled here should say , that vines and olives don't grow in England . " And as to his prejudice against the Scotch ...
... England , would have been a gross false- hood . " None of us ( said he ) would be offended if a foreigner who has travelled here should say , that vines and olives don't grow in England . " And as to his prejudice against the Scotch ...
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... England , however contemned , might yet supply them with ANOTHER WILLIAM . Whigs , indeed , are not willing to be governed ; and it is possible that KING WILLIAM may be strongly inclined to VOL . III . D guide their measures but Whigs ...
... England , however contemned , might yet supply them with ANOTHER WILLIAM . Whigs , indeed , are not willing to be governed ; and it is possible that KING WILLIAM may be strongly inclined to VOL . III . D guide their measures but Whigs ...
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... England , no man can tell . rudiments of empire they may want a CHANCELLOR . " Then came this paragraph : In their " Their numbers are , at present , not quite sufficient for the greatness which , in some form of government or other ...
... England , no man can tell . rudiments of empire they may want a CHANCELLOR . " Then came this paragraph : In their " Their numbers are , at present , not quite sufficient for the greatness which , in some form of government or other ...
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... England , next to Lord Mansfield . " Ay , sir ( said he ) , the exception defined the idea . A Scotchman could go no farther : peo- ' The force of Nature could no farther 999 go . Lady Miller's collection of verses by fashionable ple ...
... England , next to Lord Mansfield . " Ay , sir ( said he ) , the exception defined the idea . A Scotchman could go no farther : peo- ' The force of Nature could no farther 999 go . Lady Miller's collection of verses by fashionable ple ...
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