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Philip Thicknesse

  

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Philip Thicknesse : Observations on the Customs and Manners of the French Nation

'Johnson. "I have been reading Thicknesse's Travels, which I think are entertaining." Boswell. "What, Sir, a good book?" Johnson. "Yes, Sir, to read once; I do not say you are to make a study of it, and digest it ; and I believe it to be a true book in his intention. All travellers generally mean to tell truth".'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson      Print: Book
  

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