Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.1952 |
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... journey . It is in our language , I think , a new mode of history , which tells all that is wanted , and , I suppose , all that is known without laboured splendour of language , or af- fected subtilty of conjecture The exactness of his ...
... journey . It is in our language , I think , a new mode of history , which tells all that is wanted , and , I suppose , all that is known without laboured splendour of language , or af- fected subtilty of conjecture The exactness of his ...
Page 329
... Journey superficially , as he did not talk of it as I wished , I brought it to him , and read aloud several passages ; and then he talked so , that I told him he was to have a copy from the authour . He begged that might be marked on it ...
... Journey superficially , as he did not talk of it as I wished , I brought it to him , and read aloud several passages ; and then he talked so , that I told him he was to have a copy from the authour . He begged that might be marked on it ...
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... Journey , The ( Churchill ) , 120 ' * * Journey to the Hebrides ( Johnson ) : see Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland ( Johnson ) Journey to London , The : see Provoked Husband , The Journey into North Wales , A ( Johnson ) , 233 ...
... Journey , The ( Churchill ) , 120 ' * * Journey to the Hebrides ( Johnson ) : see Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland ( Johnson ) Journey to London , The : see Provoked Husband , The Journey into North Wales , A ( Johnson ) , 233 ...
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