Addresses and TransactionsW. Dawson, 1969 |
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... wish of Johnson's . " It will be a favour if you can get me any books in the Frisick language , " he says in a letter to Boswell , written December 8 , 1763 , and Boswell in reply says , " It is amazing that they have no translation of ...
... wish of Johnson's . " It will be a favour if you can get me any books in the Frisick language , " he says in a letter to Boswell , written December 8 , 1763 , and Boswell in reply says , " It is amazing that they have no translation of ...
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... wish to dine , we don't all wish to go to church . " ( Laughter . ) However , he could not refuse any request which Jame from Lichfield , because his personal and family relations with the city and neighbourhood had been long and ...
... wish to dine , we don't all wish to go to church . " ( Laughter . ) However , he could not refuse any request which Jame from Lichfield , because his personal and family relations with the city and neighbourhood had been long and ...
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... wish briefly to indicate some of the qualities that we find in him as a traveller . I have said enough of his enter- prise , courage and endurance . His respect for the feelings of his enter- tainers is characteristic . " He was angry ...
... wish briefly to indicate some of the qualities that we find in him as a traveller . I have said enough of his enter- prise , courage and endurance . His respect for the feelings of his enter- tainers is characteristic . " He was angry ...
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