The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... means used to deceive him , gives me a thing , I am not to let him have it again when he grows wiser . I like to see how avarice defeats itself : how , when avoiding to part with money , the miser gives something more valuable . " Col ...
... means used to deceive him , gives me a thing , I am not to let him have it again when he grows wiser . I like to see how avarice defeats itself : how , when avoiding to part with money , the miser gives something more valuable . " Col ...
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... mean ; but we were agree- ably surprised with the appearance of the master , whom we found to be intelligent , polite , and much a man of the world ' . Though his clan is not nu- merous , he is a very ancient chief , and has a burial ...
... mean ; but we were agree- ably surprised with the appearance of the master , whom we found to be intelligent , polite , and much a man of the world ' . Though his clan is not nu- merous , he is a very ancient chief , and has a burial ...
15. oldal
... mean the privilege which a lord of a manor or a baron had , to have the first night of all his vassals ' wives . Dr. Johnson said , the belief of such a custom having ex- isted was also held in England , where there is a tenure called ...
... mean the privilege which a lord of a manor or a baron had , to have the first night of all his vassals ' wives . Dr. Johnson said , the belief of such a custom having ex- isted was also held in England , where there is a tenure called ...
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... mean the word Laplander in a very extensive sense , or may mean a voluntary de- gradation of himself . For all my being the great man that you see me now , I was originally a bar- barian ; ' as if Burke should say , ' I came over a wild ...
... mean the word Laplander in a very extensive sense , or may mean a voluntary de- gradation of himself . For all my being the great man that you see me now , I was originally a bar- barian ; ' as if Burke should say , ' I came over a wild ...
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... means of ascertaining whether we could remain without danger . Dr. Johnson said , this was the greatest natural cu- riosity he had ever seen . We saw the island of Staffa , at no very great [ There is little room for supposing that any ...
... means of ascertaining whether we could remain without danger . Dr. Johnson said , this was the greatest natural cu- riosity he had ever seen . We saw the island of Staffa , at no very great [ There is little room for supposing that any ...
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