Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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Page 184
... suppose your great work will soon be reprint- ed , I beg leave to trouble you with a remark on a pas- sage of it , in which I am a little misrepresented . Be not alarmed ; the misrepresentation is not imputable to you . Not having the ...
... suppose your great work will soon be reprint- ed , I beg leave to trouble you with a remark on a pas- sage of it , in which I am a little misrepresented . Be not alarmed ; the misrepresentation is not imputable to you . Not having the ...
Page 236
... suppose my admiration of you is co - existent with the knowledge of my character . " I find that the Highlanders and Hebri deans in general are much fonder of your Journey , than the low country or hither Scots . One of the Grants said ...
... suppose my admiration of you is co - existent with the knowledge of my character . " I find that the Highlanders and Hebri deans in general are much fonder of your Journey , than the low country or hither Scots . One of the Grants said ...
Page 257
... suppose , all that is known , without la- boured splendour of language , or affected subtilty of conjecture . The exactness of his dates raises my wonder . He seems to have the closeness of Henault without his constraint . Mrs. Thrale ...
... suppose , all that is known , without la- boured splendour of language , or affected subtilty of conjecture . The exactness of his dates raises my wonder . He seems to have the closeness of Henault without his constraint . Mrs. Thrale ...
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