The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 70
... 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 epitaph upon Erasmus in Dutch ! " - For my own 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 epitaph upon Erasmus in Dutch ! " - For my own part , I think it would be best to ...
Page 86
... language of the law of Scotland . ] 66 . I shall inform you how the cause is decided here . But as it may be brought under the review of our judges , and is certainly to be carried by appeal to the house of lords , the assistance of ...
... language of the law of Scotland . ] 66 . I shall inform you how the cause is decided here . But as it may be brought under the review of our judges , and is certainly to be carried by appeal to the house of lords , the assistance of ...
Page 87
... language , the situation , condition , and manners of the countries passed through . Indeed our coun- try of Scotland , in spite of the union of the crowns , is still in most places so devoid of clothing , or cover from hedges and ...
... language , the situation , condition , and manners of the countries passed through . Indeed our coun- try of Scotland , in spite of the union of the crowns , is still in most places so devoid of clothing , or cover from hedges and ...
Page 88
... language . Mr. Watson's book " seems to be much esteemed . " Poor Beauclerk still continues very ill . Langton lives on as he used to do . His children are very pretty , and I think his lady loses her Scotch . Paoli I never see . " I ...
... language . Mr. Watson's book " seems to be much esteemed . " Poor Beauclerk still continues very ill . Langton lives on as he used to do . His children are very pretty , and I think his lady loses her Scotch . Paoli I never see . " I ...
Page 92
... language has , from the earliest times , been spoken in Britain , and still subsists in the northern parts and ... languages , and the migra- tions of the ancient races of mankind . " TO DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 66 Glasgow , April 24 , 1777 ...
... language has , from the earliest times , been spoken in Britain , and still subsists in the northern parts and ... languages , and the migra- tions of the ancient races of mankind . " TO DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 66 Glasgow , April 24 , 1777 ...
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