The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Macmillan, 1912 |
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James Boswell. << ton . " JOHNSON : ( His antipathy to the Scotch beginning to rise . ) " I have not read Hume ; but , doubtless , Goldsmith's History is better than the verbiage of Robert- son , or the foppery of Dalrymple . " BOSWELL ...
James Boswell. << ton . " JOHNSON : ( His antipathy to the Scotch beginning to rise . ) " I have not read Hume ; but , doubtless , Goldsmith's History is better than the verbiage of Robert- son , or the foppery of Dalrymple . " BOSWELL ...
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... Scotch do ; their language is nearer to English ; as a proof of which , they succeed very well as players , which Scotchmen do not . Then , Sir , they have not that extreme nationality which we find in the Scotch . I will do you ...
... Scotch do ; their language is nearer to English ; as a proof of which , they succeed very well as players , which Scotchmen do not . Then , Sir , they have not that extreme nationality which we find in the Scotch . I will do you ...
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... Scotch physicians is now prosecuting a Corporation that in some public instrument have styled him Doctor of Medicine instead of Physician . Boswell desires , being advocate for the Corporation , to know whether Doctor of Medicine is not ...
... Scotch physicians is now prosecuting a Corporation that in some public instrument have styled him Doctor of Medicine instead of Physician . Boswell desires , being advocate for the Corporation , to know whether Doctor of Medicine is not ...
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... Scotch conspiracy in national falsehood . " Do not censure the expression ; you know it to be true . " Dr. Memis's question is so narrow as to allow no speculation ; and I have no facts before me but those which his advocate has ...
... Scotch conspiracy in national falsehood . " Do not censure the expression ; you know it to be true . " Dr. Memis's question is so narrow as to allow no speculation ; and I have no facts before me but those which his advocate has ...
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... Scotch ; for , if he had been conscious of that , he never would have thrown himself into the bosom of their country , and trusted to the protection of its remote inhabitants with a fearless confidence . His remark upon the nakedness of ...
... Scotch ; for , if he had been conscious of that , he never would have thrown himself into the bosom of their country , and trusted to the protection of its remote inhabitants with a fearless confidence . His remark upon the nakedness of ...
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