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... probably be thought ridiculously osten- tatious . Let me only observe , as a specimen of my trou- ble , that I have sometimes been obliged to run half over London , in order to fix a date correctly ; which , when I had accomplished , I ...
... probably be thought ridiculously osten- tatious . Let me only observe , as a specimen of my trou- ble , that I have sometimes been obliged to run half over London , in order to fix a date correctly ; which , when I had accomplished , I ...
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... probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But although he at different times , in a de- sultory manner , committed to writing many particulars of the progress of his mind and fortunes , he never ...
... probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But although he at different times , in a de- sultory manner , committed to writing many particulars of the progress of his mind and fortunes , he never ...
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... probably on the confines of the county of Warwick . - MALOne . i Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , third edit . p . 213 . k Extract of a letter , dated Trentham , St. Peter's day , 1716 , written by the rev . George Plaxton , chaplain ...
... probably on the confines of the county of Warwick . - MALOne . i Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , third edit . p . 213 . k Extract of a letter , dated Trentham , St. Peter's day , 1716 , written by the rev . George Plaxton , chaplain ...
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... . Dr. Adams informed me , that he attended his tutor's lectures , and also the lectures in the college hall , very re- gularly . Boswell . of imagination , and force of language , would probably ÆTAT . 19. ] 31 DR . JOHNSON .
... . Dr. Adams informed me , that he attended his tutor's lectures , and also the lectures in the college hall , very re- gularly . Boswell . of imagination , and force of language , would probably ÆTAT . 19. ] 31 DR . JOHNSON .
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James Boswell. of imagination , and force of language , would probably have produced something sublime upon the gunpowder plot . To apologize for his neglect , he gave in a short copy of verses , entitled Somnium , containing a common ...
James Boswell. of imagination , and force of language , would probably have produced something sublime upon the gunpowder plot . To apologize for his neglect , he gave in a short copy of verses , entitled Somnium , containing a common ...
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