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... labour , of which Mr. Hector has favoured me with a minute account . Having mentioned that he had read , at Pembroke college , a voyage to Abyssinia , by Lobo , a Portuguese jesuit , and that he thought an abridgement and translation of ...
... labour , of which Mr. Hector has favoured me with a minute account . Having mentioned that he had read , at Pembroke college , a voyage to Abyssinia , by Lobo , a Portuguese jesuit , and that he thought an abridgement and translation of ...
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... labour which consisted in emenda- tion and improvement of the productions of other contribu- tors , like that employed in levelling ground , can be per- ceived only by those who had an opportunity of comparing the original with the ...
... labour which consisted in emenda- tion and improvement of the productions of other contribu- tors , like that employed in levelling ground , can be per- ceived only by those who had an opportunity of comparing the original with the ...
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... labour . Johnson told me , that as soon as he found that the speeches were thought genuine , he determined that he would write no more of them ; " for he would not be accessary to the propagation of falsehood . " And such was the ...
... labour . Johnson told me , that as soon as he found that the speeches were thought genuine , he determined that he would write no more of them ; " for he would not be accessary to the propagation of falsehood . " And such was the ...
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... labour could attain . At all periods of his life Johnson used to talk con- temptuously of players ; but in this work he speaks of them with peculiar acrimony ; for which , perhaps , there was formerly too much reason , from the ...
... labour could attain . At all periods of his life Johnson used to talk con- temptuously of players ; but in this work he speaks of them with peculiar acrimony ; for which , perhaps , there was formerly too much reason , from the ...
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... labour which he had undertaken to execute . The publick has had , from another pen ' , a long detail of what had been done in this country by prior lexico- graphers ; and no doubt Johnson was wise to avail him- self of them , so far as ...
... labour which he had undertaken to execute . The publick has had , from another pen ' , a long detail of what had been done in this country by prior lexico- graphers ; and no doubt Johnson was wise to avail him- self of them , so far as ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... James Boswell Visualização integral - 1857 |
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