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... reason , with some expression of sur- prise , he answered , " because I think my French is as good as his English . " Though Johnson understood French perfectly , he could not speak it readily , as I - any . I spoke only Latin , and I ...
... reason , with some expression of sur- prise , he answered , " because I think my French is as good as his English . " Though Johnson understood French perfectly , he could not speak it readily , as I - any . I spoke only Latin , and I ...
Pagina 30
... reason for being pleased ; that I should delay twice , what I had so little right to expect even once , has so bad an appearance , that I can only hope to have it thought You have kindly allowed me to name a day . Will you be pleased ...
... reason for being pleased ; that I should delay twice , what I had so little right to expect even once , has so bad an appearance , that I can only hope to have it thought You have kindly allowed me to name a day . Will you be pleased ...
Pagina 37
... reason to apprehend disagreeable consequences from my non - compliance with his wishes . After much perplexity and uneasiness , I wrote to Dr. John- son , stating the case , with all its difficulties , at full length , and earnestly ...
... reason to apprehend disagreeable consequences from my non - compliance with his wishes . After much perplexity and uneasiness , I wrote to Dr. John- son , stating the case , with all its difficulties , at full length , and earnestly ...
Pagina 41
... reason , disinherited his daughters ; but it no more follows that he intended this act as a rule for posterity , than the disinheriting of His brother . If , therefore , you ask by what right your father admits daughters to inheritance ...
... reason , disinherited his daughters ; but it no more follows that he intended this act as a rule for posterity , than the disinheriting of His brother . If , therefore , you ask by what right your father admits daughters to inheritance ...
Pagina 43
... reason to complain if he does not trans- mit it unlimited to posterity . For why should he make the state of others worse than his own , without a reason ? ' If this be true , though neither you nor your father are about to do what is ...
... reason to complain if he does not trans- mit it unlimited to posterity . For why should he make the state of others worse than his own , without a reason ? ' If this be true , though neither you nor your father are about to do what is ...
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