The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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... heart of a stranger , they are certainly in danger of missing the attention of their countrymen . Novelty has always some power ; an unaccustomed mode of begging excites an unaccustomed degree of pity . But the force of novelty is by ...
... heart of a stranger , they are certainly in danger of missing the attention of their countrymen . Novelty has always some power ; an unaccustomed mode of begging excites an unaccustomed degree of pity . But the force of novelty is by ...
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... heart , says , that French cookery pleases all foreigners , but foreign cookery never satisfies a Frenchman . Their suppers are like their dinners , various and plen- tiful . The table is always covered with elegant linen . Their plates ...
... heart , says , that French cookery pleases all foreigners , but foreign cookery never satisfies a Frenchman . Their suppers are like their dinners , various and plen- tiful . The table is always covered with elegant linen . Their plates ...
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... heart of one who had not been taught to la- ment by precedent , I should gladly have known ; but the lady , by whom I sat , thought herself not equal to the work of translating . Mr. Macleod is the proprietor of the islands of Raasay ...
... heart of one who had not been taught to la- ment by precedent , I should gladly have known ; but the lady , by whom I sat , thought herself not equal to the work of translating . Mr. Macleod is the proprietor of the islands of Raasay ...
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... heart was light- ened . CHAP . III . THE WANTS OF HIM THAT WANTS NOTHING . On the next day his old instructor , imagining that he had now made himself acquainted with his disease of mind , was in hope of curing it by counsel , and ...
... heart was light- ened . CHAP . III . THE WANTS OF HIM THAT WANTS NOTHING . On the next day his old instructor , imagining that he had now made himself acquainted with his disease of mind , was in hope of curing it by counsel , and ...
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... heart bounded like that of a prisoner escaped . I felt an unex- tinguishable curiosity kindle in my mind , and resolved to snatch this opportunity of seeing the manners of other na- tions , and of learning sciences unknown in Abissinia ...
... heart bounded like that of a prisoner escaped . I felt an unex- tinguishable curiosity kindle in my mind , and resolved to snatch this opportunity of seeing the manners of other na- tions , and of learning sciences unknown in Abissinia ...
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