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... excellent mother ; and I hope you will not think me incapable of partaking of your grief . I have a mother , now eighty - two 1 Mr. Thomas Ruddiman , the learned grammarian of Scotland , well known for his various excellent works , and ...
... excellent mother ; and I hope you will not think me incapable of partaking of your grief . I have a mother , now eighty - two 1 Mr. Thomas Ruddiman , the learned grammarian of Scotland , well known for his various excellent works , and ...
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... excellent inn at Chapel - house , where he expatiated on the felicity of England in its taverns and inns , and triumphed over the French for not having , in any perfection , the tavern life . There is no private house , ( said he , ) in ...
... excellent inn at Chapel - house , where he expatiated on the felicity of England in its taverns and inns , and triumphed over the French for not having , in any perfection , the tavern life . There is no private house , ( said he , ) in ...
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... excellent History of Worcestershire , vol . ii . p . 318. The Doctor has sub- joined a note , in which he says , " The Editor hath seen and carefully ex- amined the proofs of all the particulars above - mentioned , now in the possession ...
... excellent History of Worcestershire , vol . ii . p . 318. The Doctor has sub- joined a note , in which he says , " The Editor hath seen and carefully ex- amined the proofs of all the particulars above - mentioned , now in the possession ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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