The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 5G. Bell and sons, 1889 |
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... portrait here exhibited to the world . As one of those who were intimately acquainted with him , you have a title to this address . You have obligingly taken the trouble to peruse the original manuscript of this Tour , and can vouch for ...
... portrait here exhibited to the world . As one of those who were intimately acquainted with him , you have a title to this address . You have obligingly taken the trouble to peruse the original manuscript of this Tour , and can vouch for ...
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... portraits - Records not consulted by old English his- torians - Mr . Pennant's Tours criticized • 18. Ancient residence of a Highland chief - Languages the pedigree of nations - The Laird of the Isle of Muck 19. Choice of a wife - Women ...
... portraits - Records not consulted by old English his- torians - Mr . Pennant's Tours criticized • 18. Ancient residence of a Highland chief - Languages the pedigree of nations - The Laird of the Isle of Muck 19. Choice of a wife - Women ...
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... portrait would naturally enough be found in such company.— Croker . 2 John Macpherson's Critical Dissertations on the Origin , Antiquities , & c . , of the Antient Caledonians . London , 1768. 4to . attracts iron ? why an egg produces a ...
... portrait would naturally enough be found in such company.— Croker . 2 John Macpherson's Critical Dissertations on the Origin , Antiquities , & c . , of the Antient Caledonians . London , 1768. 4to . attracts iron ? why an egg produces a ...
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... portrait was said by Mr. Croker to have been painted in London , in 1747 , for Commodore Smith , in whose ship she was brought prisoner to London . The date , 1747 , does not , unfortunately , permit us to identify this por trait with ...
... portrait was said by Mr. Croker to have been painted in London , in 1747 , for Commodore Smith , in whose ship she was brought prisoner to London . The date , 1747 , does not , unfortunately , permit us to identify this por trait with ...
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... portraits . He agreed in think- ing them valuable in families . I wished to know which he preferred , fine portraits , or those of which the merit was resemblance . JOHNSON . “ Sir , their chief excellence is being like . " BOSWELL ...
... portraits . He agreed in think- ing them valuable in families . I wished to know which he preferred , fine portraits , or those of which the merit was resemblance . JOHNSON . “ Sir , their chief excellence is being like . " BOSWELL ...
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