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JOHNSON : “ Hale , Sir , dison had not acquired much Italian learnattended to other things beside law : he left ing ... have said of Italy , must find the same pasWe spoke of Rolt , to whose Dictionary of sages ; ll and I should think ...
JOHNSON : “ Hale , Sir , dison had not acquired much Italian learnattended to other things beside law : he left ing ... have said of Italy , must find the same pasWe spoke of Rolt , to whose Dictionary of sages ; ll and I should think ...
Page 535
We Italy , and that he dreaded passing the win- both remained for some time unable to ter in England . ” . I said nothing ; but en- speak . — He rose suddenly and quitted the joyed a secret satisfaction in thinking that I room , quite ...
We Italy , and that he dreaded passing the win- both remained for some time unable to ter in England . ” . I said nothing ; but en- speak . — He rose suddenly and quitted the joyed a secret satisfaction in thinking that I room , quite ...
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Considering what a Italian music - master . ... when a man goes a considerable portion of happiness from the to Italy merely to feel how he breathes the comforts and elegancies which he enjoyed in air , he can enjoy very little .
Considering what a Italian music - master . ... when a man goes a considerable portion of happiness from the to Italy merely to feel how he breathes the comforts and elegancies which he enjoyed in air , he can enjoy very little .
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