The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... observed , But , sir , you must go round to other states than our own . You do not know what a Bra- min has to say for himself " . In short , sir , I have got no further than this : every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth ...
... observed , But , sir , you must go round to other states than our own . You do not know what a Bra- min has to say for himself " . In short , sir , I have got no further than this : every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth ...
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... observed of the last stanza repeated by him , that it nearly comprised all the ad- vantages that wealth can give ... observation - For any thing I see , foreigners are fools ? " " He said , that once , when he had a violent toothach , a ...
... observed of the last stanza repeated by him , that it nearly comprised all the ad- vantages that wealth can give ... observation - For any thing I see , foreigners are fools ? " " He said , that once , when he had a violent toothach , a ...
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... observed , ' Sir , let Farmer answer for himself : I never engaged in this controversy . I always said Shakespeare had Latin enough to grammaticise his English . " " " A clergyman , whom he characterised as one who loved to say little ...
... observed , ' Sir , let Farmer answer for himself : I never engaged in this controversy . I always said Shakespeare had Latin enough to grammaticise his English . " " " A clergyman , whom he characterised as one who loved to say little ...
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... observe , that men might be very eminent in a profession , without our perceiving any particular power of mind in them ... observed , ' You see , now , how little any body reads . ' Mr. Langton happening to mention his having read a good ...
... observe , that men might be very eminent in a profession , without our perceiving any particular power of mind in them ... observed , ' You see , now , how little any body reads . ' Mr. Langton happening to mention his having read a good ...
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... observed , that this was not the most vigorous trial , Low Dutch being a language so near to our own : had it been one of the languages entirely different , he might have been very soon satisfied . " ยท " Mr. Langton and he having gone ...
... observed , that this was not the most vigorous trial , Low Dutch being a language so near to our own : had it been one of the languages entirely different , he might have been very soon satisfied . " ยท " Mr. Langton and he having gone ...
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