Life of Johnson, Volumen2H. Frowde, 1904 |
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... told by the travellers to the South Sea must be conjecture , because they had not enough of the language of those countries to understand so much as they have related . Objects falling under the observation of the senses might be ...
... told by the travellers to the South Sea must be conjecture , because they had not enough of the language of those countries to understand so much as they have related . Objects falling under the observation of the senses might be ...
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... told me , ' I learnt what I know of law , chiefly from Mr. Ballow 3 , a very able man . I learnt some , too , from Chambers ; but was not so teachable then . One is not willing to be taught by a young man . ' When I expressed a wish to ...
... told me , ' I learnt what I know of law , chiefly from Mr. Ballow 3 , a very able man . I learnt some , too , from Chambers ; but was not so teachable then . One is not willing to be taught by a young man . ' When I expressed a wish to ...
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... told us of Julia 1 . ' JOHNSON . This lady of yours , Sir , I think , is very fit for a brothel . ' Mr. Macbean , authour of the Dictionary of ancient Geo- graphy , came in . He mentioned that he had been forty years absent from ...
... told us of Julia 1 . ' JOHNSON . This lady of yours , Sir , I think , is very fit for a brothel . ' Mr. Macbean , authour of the Dictionary of ancient Geo- graphy , came in . He mentioned that he had been forty years absent from ...
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... told us , that one of them was still in his possession . This very piece was , after his death , published by some person who had been about him , and , for the sake of a little hasty profit , was fallaciously adver- tised , so as to ...
... told us , that one of them was still in his possession . This very piece was , after his death , published by some person who had been about him , and , for the sake of a little hasty profit , was fallaciously adver- tised , so as to ...
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... told , ) he , accordingly , per- formed . He was farther useful in striking out the Jacobitical and Tory sentiments , which Shiels had industriously interspersed wherever he could bring them in : -and , as the success of the work ...
... told , ) he , accordingly , per- formed . He was farther useful in striking out the Jacobitical and Tory sentiments , which Shiels had industriously interspersed wherever he could bring them in : -and , as the success of the work ...
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