The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.Inskeep and Bradford, 1810 - 414 |
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... shewed to the world its dex- terity , even when I was myself the object of it . I trusted that I should be liberally understood , as know- ing very well what I was about , and by no means as simply unconscious of the pointed effects of ...
... shewed to the world its dex- terity , even when I was myself the object of it . I trusted that I should be liberally understood , as know- ing very well what I was about , and by no means as simply unconscious of the pointed effects of ...
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... shewed much complacency , upon finding that the mistress of the house was so attentive to his singular habit ; and as no man could be more polite when he chose to be so , his address to her was most courteous and engaging ; and his ...
... shewed much complacency , upon finding that the mistress of the house was so attentive to his singular habit ; and as no man could be more polite when he chose to be so , his address to her was most courteous and engaging ; and his ...
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... shewed itself to us from the mind of Johnson thus appearing again at such a distance of time , and without any communication between them , enlarged to full growth in the mind of Markham , is a curious ob- ject of philosophical ...
... shewed itself to us from the mind of Johnson thus appearing again at such a distance of time , and without any communication between them , enlarged to full growth in the mind of Markham , is a curious ob- ject of philosophical ...
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... shewed him the signed assurances of the three successive Kings of the Hanover family , to maintain the Presbyterian esta- blishment in Scotland . " We'll give you that ( said he ) into the bargain . " We next went to the great church of ...
... shewed him the signed assurances of the three successive Kings of the Hanover family , to maintain the Presbyterian esta- blishment in Scotland . " We'll give you that ( said he ) into the bargain . " We next went to the great church of ...
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... shewed him the Royal Infirmary , for which , and for every other exertion of generous public spirit in his power , that noble - minded citizen of Edinburgh , George Drummond , will be ever held in honourable remem- brance . And we were ...
... shewed him the Royal Infirmary , for which , and for every other exertion of generous public spirit in his power , that noble - minded citizen of Edinburgh , George Drummond , will be ever held in honourable remem- brance . And we were ...
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Strona 121 - The day was calm, the air was soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.
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