The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6H.G. Bohn, 1844 |
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... believe , all round . " We passed through Place de Vendôme , a fine square , about as big as Hanover - square . Inhabited by the high families . Louis XIV . on horseback in the middle . " Monville is the son of a farmer - general . In ...
... believe , all round . " We passed through Place de Vendôme , a fine square , about as big as Hanover - square . Inhabited by the high families . Louis XIV . on horseback in the middle . " Monville is the son of a farmer - general . In ...
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... believe , are found in but few travellers , especially at an advanced age . They completely refute the idle notion which has been propagated , that he could not see ( 2 ) ; and , if he had taken the trouble to revise and digest them ...
... believe , are found in but few travellers , especially at an advanced age . They completely refute the idle notion which has been propagated , that he could not see ( 2 ) ; and , if he had taken the trouble to revise and digest them ...
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... believe ; but he applauded the number of their books and the graces of their style . They have few sentiments , ' said he , but they express them neatly ; they have little meat too , but they dress it well . ' " . Piozzi . - 6 Mr ...
... believe ; but he applauded the number of their books and the graces of their style . They have few sentiments , ' said he , but they express them neatly ; they have little meat too , but they dress it well . ' " . Piozzi . - 6 Mr ...
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... believe , Sir , we shall make a musician of you at last . ' Johnson with candid complacency replied , Sir , I shall be glad to have a new sense given to me . ' 6 " He had come down one morning to the breakfast- room , and been a ...
... believe , Sir , we shall make a musician of you at last . ' Johnson with candid complacency replied , Sir , I shall be glad to have a new sense given to me . ' 6 " He had come down one morning to the breakfast- room , and been a ...
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... believe , he will not think the time lost in which he may quiet a dis- turbed , or settle a wavering mind . Write to me as any thing occurs to you ; and if I find myself stopped by want of facts necessary to be known , I will make ...
... believe , he will not think the time lost in which he may quiet a dis- turbed , or settle a wavering mind . Write to me as any thing occurs to you ; and if I find myself stopped by want of facts necessary to be known , I will make ...
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