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The English title - page is this : “ An Account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea , by an exact Variation ... The English translation , from the strongest internal marks , is unquestionably the work of Johnson .
The English title - page is this : “ An Account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea , by an exact Variation ... The English translation , from the strongest internal marks , is unquestionably the work of Johnson .
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Mr. Alexander Donaldson , bookseller of Edinburgh , had for some time opened a shop in London , and sold his cheap editions of the most popular English books , in defiance of the supposed common - law right of Literary Property .
Mr. Alexander Donaldson , bookseller of Edinburgh , had for some time opened a shop in London , and sold his cheap editions of the most popular English books , in defiance of the supposed common - law right of Literary Property .
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owing , perhaps , to Johnson's English pronunciation : yet upon another occasion he was observed to speak French to a Frenchman of high rank who spoke English ; and being asked the reason , with some expression of surprise , he answered ...
owing , perhaps , to Johnson's English pronunciation : yet upon another occasion he was observed to speak French to a Frenchman of high rank who spoke English ; and being asked the reason , with some expression of surprise , he answered ...
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