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... asked him what he thought of Dr. Hill . Johnson answered , that he was an ingenious man , but had no veracity ; and immediately men- tioned , as an instance of it , an assertion of that writer , that he had seen objects magnified to a ...
... asked him what he thought of Dr. Hill . Johnson answered , that he was an ingenious man , but had no veracity ; and immediately men- tioned , as an instance of it , an assertion of that writer , that he had seen objects magnified to a ...
Page 93
... asked me what I thought of my new acquaintance , Lord Dartmouth ? I said there was something in his air and manner which I thougth not only agreeable , but en- chanting , and that he seemed to me to be one of the best of men --- a ...
... asked me what I thought of my new acquaintance , Lord Dartmouth ? I said there was something in his air and manner which I thougth not only agreeable , but en- chanting , and that he seemed to me to be one of the best of men --- a ...
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... asked if I might enter ? He opened the door civilly to me , and I saw him about such a work as , for the curiosity of handling , drawing , and studious exactness , I never had before seen in all my travels . I questioned him why he ...
... asked if I might enter ? He opened the door civilly to me , and I saw him about such a work as , for the curiosity of handling , drawing , and studious exactness , I never had before seen in all my travels . I questioned him why he ...
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