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into the Erse or Gaelic language , from political considerations of the disadvantage of keeping up the distinction between the highlanders and the other inhabitants of North Britain , Dr. Johnson being informed of this , I suppose by ...
into the Erse or Gaelic language , from political considerations of the disadvantage of keeping up the distinction between the highlanders and the other inhabitants of North Britain , Dr. Johnson being informed of this , I suppose by ...
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observed to Mr. Langton , Sir , his manners are those of as fine a gentleman as we may suppose Lewis the fourteenth or Charles the second . At sir Joshua Reynolds's , where a circle of Johnson's friends was collected round him to ...
observed to Mr. Langton , Sir , his manners are those of as fine a gentleman as we may suppose Lewis the fourteenth or Charles the second . At sir Joshua Reynolds's , where a circle of Johnson's friends was collected round him to ...
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... as in the case of all who are distressed with the same malady of imagination , transfers to others its own feelings . Who could suppose it was to introduce a comedy , when Mr. Bensley solemnly began , Press'd with the load of life ...
... as in the case of all who are distressed with the same malady of imagination , transfers to others its own feelings . Who could suppose it was to introduce a comedy , when Mr. Bensley solemnly began , Press'd with the load of life ...
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Suppose you and I and two hundred more were restrained from printing our thoughts : what then ? What proportion would that restraint upon as bear to the private happiness of the nation ? " This mode of representing the inconveniencies ...
Suppose you and I and two hundred more were restrained from printing our thoughts : what then ? What proportion would that restraint upon as bear to the private happiness of the nation ? " This mode of representing the inconveniencies ...
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Upon this occasion I particularly lamented that he had not that warmth of friendship for his brilliant pupil , which we may suppose would have had a beniguant effect on both . When almost every man of eminence ...
Upon this occasion I particularly lamented that he had not that warmth of friendship for his brilliant pupil , which we may suppose would have had a beniguant effect on both . When almost every man of eminence ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 2 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 5 Jun 2018 |
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