Boswell's Life of JohnsonG. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pages |
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... told him that while I was with the Captain I caught the enthusiasm of curiosity and adventure , and felt a strong inclination to go with him on his next 1 Jerome Lobo was a Portuguese Jesuit , who went as a missionary to Abyssinia , and ...
... told him that while I was with the Captain I caught the enthusiasm of curiosity and adventure , and felt a strong inclination to go with him on his next 1 Jerome Lobo was a Portuguese Jesuit , who went as a missionary to Abyssinia , and ...
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... told by the travellers to the South Sea must be conjecture , because they had not enough of the language of those countries to understand so much as they have related . Objects falling under the observation of the senses might be ...
... told by the travellers to the South Sea must be conjecture , because they had not enough of the language of those countries to understand so much as they have related . Objects falling under the observation of the senses might be ...
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... told , than that individuals should not be made uneasy , that it is much better that the law does not restrain writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his life- time ...
... told , than that individuals should not be made uneasy , that it is much better that the law does not restrain writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his life- time ...
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... told me , " I learnt what 1 This Mr. Ellis was , I believe , the last of that profession called Scriveners , which is one of the London companies , but of which the business is no longer carried on separately , but is transacted by ...
... told me , " I learnt what 1 This Mr. Ellis was , I believe , the last of that profession called Scriveners , which is one of the London companies , but of which the business is no longer carried on separately , but is transacted by ...
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... told of Julia . " 2 JOHNSON : " This lady of yours , Sir , I think , is very fit for a brothel . " 1 Patrick Lord Elibank , who died in 1778. - BOSWELL . 2 " Nunquam enim nisi navi plena tollo vectorem . " Lib . ii . c . v . Mr. Macbean ...
... told of Julia . " 2 JOHNSON : " This lady of yours , Sir , I think , is very fit for a brothel . " 1 Patrick Lord Elibank , who died in 1778. - BOSWELL . 2 " Nunquam enim nisi navi plena tollo vectorem . " Lib . ii . c . v . Mr. Macbean ...
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