Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1927 |
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... LANGUAGE . acknowl . An Account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea , by an exact Theory of the Variations of the Magnetical Needle , with a Table of the Variations at the most remarkable Cities in Europe from the year 1660 ...
... LANGUAGE . acknowl . An Account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea , by an exact Theory of the Variations of the Magnetical Needle , with a Table of the Variations at the most remarkable Cities in Europe from the year 1660 ...
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... language of translation being adapted to the thoughts of another person , insensibly follows their cast , and , as it were , runs into a mould that is ready prepared . Thus , for instance , taking the first sentence that occurs at the ...
... language of translation being adapted to the thoughts of another person , insensibly follows their cast , and , as it were , runs into a mould that is ready prepared . Thus , for instance , taking the first sentence that occurs at the ...
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... language , both for sentiment and expression . The nation was then in that ferment against the court and the ministry , which some years after ended in the downfall of Sir Robert Walpole ; and as it has been said , that Tories are Whigs ...
... language , both for sentiment and expression . The nation was then in that ferment against the court and the ministry , which some years after ended in the downfall of Sir Robert Walpole ; and as it has been said , that Tories are Whigs ...
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... language , in which few could have equalled , and none have surpassed him . He who could display eloquence and wit in defence of the decision of the House of Commons upon Mr. Wilkes's election for Middlesex , and of the unconstitutional ...
... language , in which few could have equalled , and none have surpassed him . He who could display eloquence and wit in defence of the decision of the House of Commons upon Mr. Wilkes's election for Middlesex , and of the unconstitutional ...
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... language ' . ' Johnson's partiality for Savage made him entertain no doubt of his story , however extraordinary and improbable . It never occurred to him to question his being the son of the Countess of Macclesfield , of whose ...
... language ' . ' Johnson's partiality for Savage made him entertain no doubt of his story , however extraordinary and improbable . It never occurred to him to question his being the son of the Countess of Macclesfield , of whose ...
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