The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... Scotland " . Dr. Johnson at the same time favoured me by marking the lines which he furnished to Goldsmith's Deserted Village , which are only the last four : he , 66 " " That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay , As ocean sweeps ...
... Scotland " . Dr. Johnson at the same time favoured me by marking the lines which he furnished to Goldsmith's Deserted Village , which are only the last four : he , 66 " " That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay , As ocean sweeps ...
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... Scotland , I mentioned to him in a letter that " on my first return to my native country , after some years of absence , I was told of a vast number of my acquaintance who were all gone to the land of forgetfulness , and I found myself ...
... Scotland , I mentioned to him in a letter that " on my first return to my native country , after some years of absence , I was told of a vast number of my acquaintance who were all gone to the land of forgetfulness , and I found myself ...
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... members of the society in Scotland for propagating christian knowledge had opposed the scheme of translating the holy scriptures into the Erse or Gaelic language , from political considera- ÆETAT . 57. ] 23 DR . JOHNSON .
... members of the society in Scotland for propagating christian knowledge had opposed the scheme of translating the holy scriptures into the Erse or Gaelic language , from political considera- ÆETAT . 57. ] 23 DR . JOHNSON .
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... Scotland , and that I had nothing to com- plain of but his being more indifferent to my anxiety than I wished him to be . Instead of giving , with the circum- stances of time and place , such fragments of his conversa- tion as I ...
... Scotland , and that I had nothing to com- plain of but his being more indifferent to my anxiety than I wished him to be . Instead of giving , with the circum- stances of time and place , such fragments of his conversa- tion as I ...
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... Scotland , and going with me to the Hebrides ; but said he would now content himself with seeing one or two of the most curious of them . He said , " Macaulay , who writes the account of St. Kilda , set out with a prejudice against ...
... Scotland , and going with me to the Hebrides ; but said he would now content himself with seeing one or two of the most curious of them . He said , " Macaulay , who writes the account of St. Kilda , set out with a prejudice against ...
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