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The British Tourist's, Or, Traveller's Pocket Companion, Through England ... - Page 54
by William Fordyce Mavor - 1809
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 39

Tobias Smollett - 1775 - 552 pages
...there were lately forne who thought it reafonable to refufe them a verfion of the holy fcriptures, that they might have no monument of their mother tongue....is gradually abated, cannot be mentioned among the unpieafing confequences of fuhjeclion. They are now acquainted with money, and the poflibiiity of gain...
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 302 pages
...had before the late conquest of their country, there remain only their language and their poverty. Their language is attacked on every side. Schools...scriptures, that they might have no monument of their mother-tongue. That their poverty is gradually abated, cannot be mentioned among the unpleasing consequences...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 360 pages
...had before the late conquest of their country, there remain only their language and their poverty. Their language is attacked on every side. Schools...scriptures, that they might have no monument of their mother-tongue. That their poverty is gradually abated, cannot be mentioned among the unpleasing consequence*...
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Miscellaneous essays. Political tracts. A journey to the Western islands of ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...had before the late conquest of their country, there remain only their language and their poverty. Their language is attacked on every side. Schools...scriptures, that they might have no monument of their mother-tongue. That their poverty is gradually abated, cannot be mentioned among the unpleasing consequences...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson: With an Essay on His Life and Genius

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 424 pages
...had before the late conquest of their country, there remain only their language and their poverty. Their language is attacked on every side. Schools are erected, in which E?tglisti only is taught, and there were lately some who thought it reasonable to refuse them a version...
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Works, Volume 8

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...had before the late conquest of their country, there remain only their language and their poverty. Their language is attacked on every side. Schools...scriptures, that they might have no monument of their mother-tongue. That their poverty is gradually abated, cannot be mentioned among the unpleasing consequences...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...had before the late conquest of their country, there remain only their language and their poverty. Their language is attacked on every side. Schools are erected, in which Knglish only is taught, and there were lately some who thought it reasonable to refuse them a version...
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Samuel Johnson (écrivain.) - 1816 - 218 pages
...had before the late conquest of their country, there remain only their language and their poverty. Their language is attacked on every side. Schools...scriptures, that they might have no monument of their mother-tongue. That their poverty is gradually abated, cannot be mentioned among the unpleasing consequences...
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The Flowers of Modern Travels: Being Elegant, Entertaining and ..., Volume 2

John Adams - 1816 - 352 pages
...had before the late conquest of their country, there remain only their language and their poverty. Their language is attacked on every side. Schools...scriptures, that they might have no monument of their mothertongue. That their poverty is gradually abated, cannot be mentioned among the unpleasing consequences...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 398 pages
...had before the late conquest of their country, there remain only their language and their poverty. Their language is attacked on every side. Schools...scriptures, that they might have no monument of their mother-tongue. That their poverty is gradually abated, cannot be mentioned among the unpleasing consequences...
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