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It is not certain that the same method will not preserve the highland language , for the purposes of learning , and abolish it from daily use . When the highlanders read the Bible , they will naturally wish to have its obscurities ...
It is not certain that the same method will not preserve the highland language , for the purposes of learning , and abolish it from daily use . When the highlanders read the Bible , they will naturally wish to have its obscurities ...
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Mr. James Stuart , late minister of Killin , distin- guished by his eminent piety , learning , and taste . The amiable simplicity of his life , his warm benevolence , his indefatigable and successful exertions for civilizing and ...
Mr. James Stuart , late minister of Killin , distin- guished by his eminent piety , learning , and taste . The amiable simplicity of his life , his warm benevolence , his indefatigable and successful exertions for civilizing and ...
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Johnson answered , " Warburton has most general , most scholastick learning ; Lowth is the more correct scholar . I do not know which of them calls names best . " The king was pleased to say he was of the same opinion ; adding , " You ...
Johnson answered , " Warburton has most general , most scholastick learning ; Lowth is the more correct scholar . I do not know which of them calls names best . " The king was pleased to say he was of the same opinion ; adding , " You ...
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Johnson expatiated on the advantages of Oxford for learning . " There is here , sir , " said he , " such a progres- sive emulation . The students are anxious to appear well to their tutors ; the tutors are anxious to have their pupils ...
Johnson expatiated on the advantages of Oxford for learning . " There is here , sir , " said he , " such a progres- sive emulation . The students are anxious to appear well to their tutors ; the tutors are anxious to have their pupils ...
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I will venture to say , there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit , than in all the rest of the kingdom . " BOSWELL . " The only disadvantage is , the great distance at which people ...
I will venture to say , there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit , than in all the rest of the kingdom . " BOSWELL . " The only disadvantage is , the great distance at which people ...
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| Titel | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 2 van The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Auteur | James Boswell |
| Uitgever | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Oxford University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 18 juni 2007 |
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