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" I cannot now curse (smiling) the house of Hanover ; nor would it be decent for me to drink king James's health in the wine that king George gives me money to pay for. But, sir, I think that the pleasure of cursing the house of Hanover, and drinking king... "
The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone - Σελίδα 37
των James Boswell - 1821
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John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 806 σελίδες
...King James's health in the wine that King George gives me money to pay for. But, Sir, I think that 6S6T647V6#6 7%6p8q8r8 It will be observed, that when giving me advice as to my travels, Dr. Johnson did not dwell upon cities,...

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Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 924 σελίδες
...King James's health in the wine that King George gives me money to pay for. But, Sir, I think that , Britannia, etc. Still more majestic shalt thou rise,...foreign stroke; As the loud blast that tears the skies, affectation of more Jacobitism than he really had; and indeed an intention of admitting, for the moment,...

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John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 σελίδες
...King James's health in the wine that King George gives me money to pay for. But, Sir, I think that , virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star,...Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: 10 It will be observed, that when giving me advice as to my travels, Dr. Johnson did not dwell upon cities,...

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