The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, 1878 |
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Pagina 14
... believe and declare they had heard it from their earliest years . " One of his objections to the authenticity of Fingal , during the conversation at Ulinish , is omitted in my Journal , but I perfectly recollect it . 66 ' Why is not the ...
... believe and declare they had heard it from their earliest years . " One of his objections to the authenticity of Fingal , during the conversation at Ulinish , is omitted in my Journal , but I perfectly recollect it . 66 ' Why is not the ...
Pagina 15
... believe in preternatural communications , in modern times , to satisfy those who are of a dif ferent opinion , they may easily refute the doctrine of their oppo- nents , who impute a belief in second - sight to superstition . To ...
... believe in preternatural communications , in modern times , to satisfy those who are of a dif ferent opinion , they may easily refute the doctrine of their oppo- nents , who impute a belief in second - sight to superstition . To ...
Pagina 24
... believe , one o'clock before we got into our post - chaise . I found that we should be too late for dinner at Sir John Dalrymple's , to which we were engaged ; but I would by no means lose the pleasure of seeing my friend at Hawthornden ...
... believe , one o'clock before we got into our post - chaise . I found that we should be too late for dinner at Sir John Dalrymple's , to which we were engaged ; but I would by no means lose the pleasure of seeing my friend at Hawthornden ...
Pagina 28
... believe , common ones would do as well , especially on familiar occasions . Yet I believe he could not express himself so forcibly in any other style . I am charmed with his researches con- cerning the Erse language , and the antiquity ...
... believe , common ones would do as well , especially on familiar occasions . Yet I believe he could not express himself so forcibly in any other style . I am charmed with his researches con- cerning the Erse language , and the antiquity ...
Pagina 29
... believe it is more useful than the more serious exercises of reason ; and , to a man who is to appear in public , more eclat is to be gained , sometimes more money too , by a bon - mot , than a learned speech . It is the fund of natural ...
... believe it is more useful than the more serious exercises of reason ; and , to a man who is to appear in public , more eclat is to be gained , sometimes more money too , by a bon - mot , than a learned speech . It is the fund of natural ...
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