The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 6Henry G. Bohn, 1848 |
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... manners in England , " I much wonder whe- ther this refinement has spread all over the continent , or whether it is confined to our own island : when we were in France we could form little judgment , as our time was chiefly passed among ...
... manners in England , " I much wonder whe- ther this refinement has spread all over the continent , or whether it is confined to our own island : when we were in France we could form little judgment , as our time was chiefly passed among ...
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... manner , and at his dress , which he obstinately continued exactly as in London ( 1 ) ; -– his brown clothes , black ... manners , no common learning - gross ignorance , or les belles lettres . " A LADY [ Mrs. Thrale ] . Indeed , even in ...
... manner , and at his dress , which he obstinately continued exactly as in London ( 1 ) ; -– his brown clothes , black ... manners , no common learning - gross ignorance , or les belles lettres . " A LADY [ Mrs. Thrale ] . Indeed , even in ...
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... manner ; and in justice to him it is proper to add , that Dr. Johnson told me I might rely both on the correctness of his memory , and the fidelity of his narrative . " When Madame de Boufflers ( 1 ) was first in England , " said ...
... manner ; and in justice to him it is proper to add , that Dr. Johnson told me I might rely both on the correctness of his memory , and the fidelity of his narrative . " When Madame de Boufflers ( 1 ) was first in England , " said ...
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... manners and exigencies of particular times , and it is but accidental that they last longer than their causes : the limitation of feudal suc- cession to the male arose from the obligation of the tenant to attend his chief in war . " As ...
... manners and exigencies of particular times , and it is but accidental that they last longer than their causes : the limitation of feudal suc- cession to the male arose from the obligation of the tenant to attend his chief in war . " As ...
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... manners , and women made capable of inheritance ; would not then the tenure of estates be changed ? Could the women have no bene- fit from a law made in their favour ? Must they be passed by upon moral principles for ever , because they ...
... manners , and women made capable of inheritance ; would not then the tenure of estates be changed ? Could the women have no bene- fit from a law made in their favour ? Must they be passed by upon moral principles for ever , because they ...
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