The Life of Samuel Johnson, Including A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Band 3G. Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1909 |
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... desire to recover the ancient inheri- tance of his family , which was forfeited to the Crown in 1746 , and had afterwards passed through different hands . This he accomplished , adding to the purchase other contiguous lands , on which ...
... desire to recover the ancient inheri- tance of his family , which was forfeited to the Crown in 1746 , and had afterwards passed through different hands . This he accomplished , adding to the purchase other contiguous lands , on which ...
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... desire to excel in it . I am persuaded that had Sir Isaac Newton applied to versation abounds in wit . Let me put down a specimen . I told him I had seen at a blue - stocking assembly a number of ladies sitting round a worthy and tall ...
... desire to excel in it . I am persuaded that had Sir Isaac Newton applied to versation abounds in wit . Let me put down a specimen . I told him I had seen at a blue - stocking assembly a number of ladies sitting round a worthy and tall ...
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... desire . He was acting only ministerially . " I apprehend , however , that Hooke was bound to give his best advice . I speak as a lawyer . Though I have had clients whose causes I could not , as a private man , approve ; yet , if I ...
... desire . He was acting only ministerially . " I apprehend , however , that Hooke was bound to give his best advice . I speak as a lawyer . Though I have had clients whose causes I could not , as a private man , approve ; yet , if I ...
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Sir George Mackenzie Mr Burkes wit knowledge and elo | 18 |
Ogden on Prayer Aphoristic writing Edinburgh surveyed | 28 |
Dr Watson Literature and patronage Writing and conversation | 37 |
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