The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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... common , the second , a better ; but not so much better as that I dare ascribe any virtue to the medicine . I took a scruple each time . " " Oct. 81 , 1778 . " Sir Joshua has finished my picture , and it seems to please everybody , but ...
... common , the second , a better ; but not so much better as that I dare ascribe any virtue to the medicine . I took a scruple each time . " " Oct. 81 , 1778 . " Sir Joshua has finished my picture , and it seems to please everybody , but ...
Page 292
... common thing in England , Sir ? " JOHNSON . " Not so common , Sir , as you imagine . In Lincolnshire there is hardly an orchard : in Staffordshire very little fruit . " WELL . " Has Langton no orchard ? " JOHNSON . " No , Sir . " WELL ...
... common thing in England , Sir ? " JOHNSON . " Not so common , Sir , as you imagine . In Lincolnshire there is hardly an orchard : in Staffordshire very little fruit . " WELL . " Has Langton no orchard ? " JOHNSON . " No , Sir . " WELL ...
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... common in England among persons of condition , -maintaining an absolute silence when unknown to each other ; as , for instance , when occasionally brought together in a room before the master or mistress of the house has appeared ...
... common in England among persons of condition , -maintaining an absolute silence when unknown to each other ; as , for instance , when occasionally brought together in a room before the master or mistress of the house has appeared ...
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