The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... told me , that they previously talked with Johnson upon this matter , and it was perfectly understood by all parties that the pension was merely hon- orary . Sir Joshua Reynolds told me , that Johnson called on him after his majesty's ...
... told me , that they previously talked with Johnson upon this matter , and it was perfectly understood by all parties that the pension was merely hon- orary . Sir Joshua Reynolds told me , that Johnson called on him after his majesty's ...
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... told us , his family had possessed Ulva for nine hundred years ; but I was distressed to hear that it was soon to be sold for payment of his debts . Captain M'Lure , whom we found here , was of Scotch extraction , and properly a Macleod ...
... told us , his family had possessed Ulva for nine hundred years ; but I was distressed to hear that it was soon to be sold for payment of his debts . Captain M'Lure , whom we found here , was of Scotch extraction , and properly a Macleod ...
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... told nothing but what every body might have known at that time ; and that what was good in it did not pay you for the trouble of reading to find it . Lochbuy some years ago tried to prove himself a weak man , liable to imposition , or ...
... told nothing but what every body might have known at that time ; and that what was good in it did not pay you for the trouble of reading to find it . Lochbuy some years ago tried to prove himself a weak man , liable to imposition , or ...
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