The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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... language , in that language they wrote , as letters had never been applied to their own . If there are manuscripts , let them be shown , with some proof that they are not forged for the occasion . You say many can remember parts of ...
... language , in that language they wrote , as letters had never been applied to their own . If there are manuscripts , let them be shown , with some proof that they are not forged for the occasion . You say many can remember parts of ...
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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 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 upon Erasmus in Dutch ! " For my part , I think it would be best to ...
... 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 upon Erasmus in Dutch ! " For my part , I think it would be best to ...
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