The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides With Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Library of Alexandria, 1791 M01 1 - 442 pages |
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... Scotland thatyearwithso muchfirmness, that I hopedhe was at lastin earnest. Iknew that, if he wereonce launched from the metropolis,he would go forward very well;and I got our common friends there to assist in setting him afloat. To Mrs ...
... Scotland thatyearwithso muchfirmness, that I hopedhe was at lastin earnest. Iknew that, if he wereonce launched from the metropolis,he would go forward very well;and I got our common friends there to assist in setting him afloat. To Mrs ...
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... Scotland, with the expectation of which we have long flattered ourselves. If he could order matters so, as to pass some time in Edinburgh, about the close of the summer session, and then visit some ofthe Highland scenes, I am confident ...
... Scotland, with the expectation of which we have long flattered ourselves. If he could order matters so, as to pass some time in Edinburgh, about the close of the summer session, and then visit some ofthe Highland scenes, I am confident ...
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... Scotland was announced almostas soon as hebeganto appear in the world of letters. In his London, apoem,arethe following nervous lines: For who wouldleave, unbrib'd,Hibernia's land Or change therocks of Scotland for the Strand There none ...
... Scotland was announced almostas soon as hebeganto appear in the world of letters. In his London, apoem,arethe following nervous lines: For who wouldleave, unbrib'd,Hibernia's land Or change therocks of Scotland for the Strand There none ...
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... Scotland, I fairly own I treat themas children. And thus I have,at some moments, found myself obligedtotreat even Dr Johnson. To Scotland however heventured; and hereturned from itin great humour, with his prejudices much lessened ...
... Scotland, I fairly own I treat themas children. And thus I have,at some moments, found myself obligedtotreat even Dr Johnson. To Scotland however heventured; and hereturned from itin great humour, with his prejudices much lessened ...
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... Scotland. We had, a littlebefore this, had atrialfor murder, inwhich the judges had allowed the lapse oftwenty years since its commission as aplea in bar, in conformitywith the doctrine of prescription in the civil law, which Scotland ...
... Scotland. We had, a littlebefore this, had atrialfor murder, inwhich the judges had allowed the lapse oftwenty years since its commission as aplea in bar, in conformitywith the doctrine of prescription in the civil law, which Scotland ...
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