The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 4Henry G. Bohn, 1848 |
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... asked , if weaving the plaids was ever a domestic art in the Highlands , like spin- ning or knitting . They could not inform him here . But he conjectured probably , that where people lived so remote from each other , it was likely to ...
... asked , if weaving the plaids was ever a domestic art in the Highlands , like spin- ning or knitting . They could not inform him here . But he conjectured probably , that where people lived so remote from each other , it was likely to ...
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... asked what made the difference ? Here we had a proof of the comparative sagacity of the two professors . Sir Alexander answered , " Because there is more occasion for them in war . " Professor Thomas Gordon answered , " Because the ...
... asked what made the difference ? Here we had a proof of the comparative sagacity of the two professors . Sir Alexander answered , " Because there is more occasion for them in war . " Professor Thomas Gordon answered , " Because the ...
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... asked again , as it is best to err on the safe side in such cases , and to be sure that one is quite welcome . To my great joy , when Mr. Boyd returned , he told Dr. Johnson that it was Lady Errol who had called him out , and said that ...
... asked again , as it is best to err on the safe side in such cases , and to be sure that one is quite welcome . To my great joy , when Mr. Boyd returned , he told Dr. Johnson that it was Lady Errol who had called him out , and said that ...
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... asking : the old hackneyed objection . When we returned to the house , we found coffee and tea in the drawing - room . Lady Errol was not there , being , as I supposed , engaged with her young family . There is a bow - window fronting ...
... asking : the old hackneyed objection . When we returned to the house , we found coffee and tea in the drawing - room . Lady Errol was not there , being , as I supposed , engaged with her young family . There is a bow - window fronting ...
Pàgina 108
... asked Dr. Johnson how he liked it . Dr. Johnson , who did not admire it , got off very well , by taking it out , and reading the second and third stanzas of it with much melody . This , without his saying a word , pleased Mr. Boyd . He ...
... asked Dr. Johnson how he liked it . Dr. Johnson , who did not admire it , got off very well , by taking it out , and reading the second and third stanzas of it with much melody . This , without his saying a word , pleased Mr. Boyd . He ...
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