The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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... language was never written till very lately for the purposes of religion . A nation that can- not write , or a language that was never written , has no manuscripts . " But whatever he has he never offered to show . If old manuscripts ...
... language was never written till very lately for the purposes of religion . A nation that can- not write , or a language that was never written , has no manuscripts . " But whatever he has he never offered to show . If old manuscripts ...
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... language , if we could have all that is written in it just as well in a translation . But as the beauties of poetry cannot be preserved in any language except that in which it was originally written , we learn the language . " A ...
... language , if we could have all that is written in it just as well in a translation . But as the beauties of poetry cannot be preserved in any language except that in which it was originally written , we learn the language . " A ...
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... language of the country of which a learned man was a native is not the language fit for his epitaph , which should be in ancient and permanent language . Consider , Sir , how you should feel , were you to find at Rotterdam an epi- taph ...
... language of the country of which a learned man was a native is not the language fit for his epitaph , which should be in ancient and permanent language . Consider , Sir , how you should feel , were you to find at Rotterdam an epi- taph ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 11 |
Letters to Boswell c Religious Festivals and PilgrimagesDeath of GoldsmithGreek | 40 |
CHAPTER III | 69 |
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