Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... wrote of the French in 1769 : - Their politesse has reduced their char- acter to such a sameness , and their humours and passions are so curbed by habit , that , when you have seen half - a - dozen French men and women , you have seen ...
... wrote of the French in 1769 : - Their politesse has reduced their char- acter to such a sameness , and their humours and passions are so curbed by habit , that , when you have seen half - a - dozen French men and women , you have seen ...
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... wrote to Mrs. Thrale : - ' You have £ 500 for your immediate expenses , and £ 2000 a year , with both the houses and all the goods . ' Piozzi Letters , ii . 192. Beattie wrote on June 1 : — ' Everybody says Mr. Thrale should have left ...
... wrote to Mrs. Thrale : - ' You have £ 500 for your immediate expenses , and £ 2000 a year , with both the houses and all the goods . ' Piozzi Letters , ii . 192. Beattie wrote on June 1 : — ' Everybody says Mr. Thrale should have left ...
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... wrote in 1763 that he was ' too much infected with the plaguy prejudices of Whiggism when he began the work . ' Ib . p . 144. In 1770 he wrote : — ' ' I either soften or expunge many villainous , seditious Whig strokes which had crept ...
... wrote in 1763 that he was ' too much infected with the plaguy prejudices of Whiggism when he began the work . ' Ib . p . 144. In 1770 he wrote : — ' ' I either soften or expunge many villainous , seditious Whig strokes which had crept ...
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