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Page 53
Then came the last letter , Nov . 5 , 1784 , ' Are you sick , or are you sullen ? ' A
paragraph is left out , which obviously reiterates the previous charge of affected
discontent and vain complaint . Boswell instantly wrote two as kind letters as he ...
Then came the last letter , Nov . 5 , 1784 , ' Are you sick , or are you sullen ? ' A
paragraph is left out , which obviously reiterates the previous charge of affected
discontent and vain complaint . Boswell instantly wrote two as kind letters as he ...
Page 59
This final and scholarly book contains , as well , the letters to Johnson and a
hundred others not previously printed ; but omits those to Erskine . The letters to
Temple begin with the year 1758 , when Boswell was eighteen years old ; the last
...
This final and scholarly book contains , as well , the letters to Johnson and a
hundred others not previously printed ; but omits those to Erskine . The letters to
Temple begin with the year 1758 , when Boswell was eighteen years old ; the last
...
Page 170
The estimate made in 1896 was that from 40 to 48 paying letters per minute
would be the capacity of the cable . When laid , the cable proved to have a
capacity of 80 letters a minute in each direction ( duplex ) ; and after 1911 the
capacity was ...
The estimate made in 1896 was that from 40 to 48 paying letters per minute
would be the capacity of the cable . When laid , the cable proved to have a
capacity of 80 letters a minute in each direction ( duplex ) ; and after 1911 the
capacity was ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, 253. köide |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) |
| Contributor | George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1929 |
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