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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... sure was owing to misinformation ; that is , that I had acknowledged Macleod to be my chief , though my ancestors disputed the pre eminence for a long tract of time . 1 Every reader will , I am sure , join with me in warm admiration of ...
... sure was owing to misinformation ; that is , that I had acknowledged Macleod to be my chief , though my ancestors disputed the pre eminence for a long tract of time . 1 Every reader will , I am sure , join with me in warm admiration of ...
Page 86
... sure you were a man of a good heart , and a candid man , and seemed to hope he should be able to convince you of the antiquity of a good proportion of the poems of Ossian . After all that has passed , I think the matter is capable of ...
... sure you were a man of a good heart , and a candid man , and seemed to hope he should be able to convince you of the antiquity of a good proportion of the poems of Ossian . After all that has passed , I think the matter is capable of ...
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... sure when he shall walk in again . A great city is , to be sure , the school for studying life ; and 6 The proper study of mankind is man , ' as Pope observes . " Bos- WELL . " I fancy London is the best place for society ; though I ...
... sure when he shall walk in again . A great city is , to be sure , the school for studying life ; and 6 The proper study of mankind is man , ' as Pope observes . " Bos- WELL . " I fancy London is the best place for society ; though I ...
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