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... speak French , but talked Latin , though his excellency did not understand it , owing , perhaps , to Johnson's English pronunciation : yet upon another occasion he was observed to speak French to a Frenchman of high rank , who spoke ...
... speak French , but talked Latin , though his excellency did not understand it , owing , perhaps , to Johnson's English pronunciation : yet upon another occasion he was observed to speak French to a Frenchman of high rank , who spoke ...
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... speak his best . He went on , after a little practice , with as much facility as if it was his native tongue . One sentence I remember . Observing that Fontenelle at first opposed the Newtonian philosophy , and embraced it afterwards ...
... speak his best . He went on , after a little practice , with as much facility as if it was his native tongue . One sentence I remember . Observing that Fontenelle at first opposed the Newtonian philosophy , and embraced it afterwards ...
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... speak . ' If I had bestowed such an education on a daughter , and had dis- covered that she thought of marrying such a fellow , I would have sent her to the Congress . " " After having talked slightingly of music , he was ( 1 ) Miss ...
... speak . ' If I had bestowed such an education on a daughter , and had dis- covered that she thought of marrying such a fellow , I would have sent her to the Congress . " " After having talked slightingly of music , he was ( 1 ) Miss ...
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... speak well of , Sir , your affectionate humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " At this time was in agitation a matter of great consequence to me and my family , which I should not obtrude upon the world , were it not that the part which ...
... speak well of , Sir , your affectionate humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " At this time was in agitation a matter of great consequence to me and my family , which I should not obtrude upon the world , were it not that the part which ...
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... speak to him of it . JOHNSON . " Sir , I have no objection to a man's drinking wine , if he can do it in moderation . I found myself apt to go to excess in it , and there- fore , after having been for some time without it , on account ...
... speak to him of it . JOHNSON . " Sir , I have no objection to a man's drinking wine , if he can do it in moderation . I found myself apt to go to excess in it , and there- fore , after having been for some time without it , on account ...
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