Mr. Oddity, Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Bell Publishing Company, 1951 - 348 pages |
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Page 101
... Sometimes , instead of defining a word , he aired his own opinions : " Excise , a hateful tax levied upon commodities , and adjudged not by the common judges of property , but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid . " He told ...
... Sometimes , instead of defining a word , he aired his own opinions : " Excise , a hateful tax levied upon commodities , and adjudged not by the common judges of property , but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid . " He told ...
Page 136
... Sometimes he would make the back part of his heels to touch , sometimes his toes , as if he was aim- ing at making the form of a triangle , at least the two sides of one . Men , women , and children gathered round him , laugh- ing . At ...
... Sometimes he would make the back part of his heels to touch , sometimes his toes , as if he was aim- ing at making the form of a triangle , at least the two sides of one . Men , women , and children gathered round him , laugh- ing . At ...
Page 284
... Sometimes they met him en masse at the door to complain . " We have much malice , but no mischief . Levet is rather a friend to Williams , because he hates Desmoulins more . A thing that he should hate more than Desmoulins is not to be ...
... Sometimes they met him en masse at the door to complain . " We have much malice , but no mischief . Levet is rather a friend to Williams , because he hates Desmoulins more . A thing that he should hate more than Desmoulins is not to be ...
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