The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... DEAR MADAM , -I hope the summer makes you better . My disorders , which had come upon me again , have again given ... Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster , bart .; a voluminous writer on agriculture and statistics . - ED . ] 2 [ This passage is ...
... DEAR MADAM , -I hope the summer makes you better . My disorders , which had come upon me again , have again given ... Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster , bart .; a voluminous writer on agriculture and statistics . - ED . ] 2 [ This passage is ...
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... dear madam , your affectionate servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " ] " TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . " Bolt - court , 16th June , 1781 . " DEAR SIR , -How welcome your account of yourself and your invitation to your new house was to me , I need ...
... dear madam , your affectionate servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " ] " TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . " Bolt - court , 16th June , 1781 . " DEAR SIR , -How welcome your account of yourself and your invitation to your new house was to me , I need ...
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... SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . " 23d June , 1781 . “ DEAR SIR , —It was not before yesterday that I received . your splendid benefaction . To a hand so liberal in distri- buting , I hope nobody will envy the power of acquiring . I am , dear sir ...
... SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . " 23d June , 1781 . “ DEAR SIR , —It was not before yesterday that I received . your splendid benefaction . To a hand so liberal in distri- buting , I hope nobody will envy the power of acquiring . I am , dear sir ...
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... Dear Madam , -You may give the book to Mrs. Horn- eck , and I will give you another for yourself . " I am afraid ... SIR , -I am ashamed that you have been forced to call so often for your books , but it has been by no fault on either ...
... Dear Madam , -You may give the book to Mrs. Horn- eck , and I will give you another for yourself . " I am afraid ... SIR , -I am ashamed that you have been forced to call so often for your books , but it has been by no fault on either ...
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... DEAR SIR , -I sit down to answer your letter on the same day in which I received it , and am pleased that my first letter of the year is to you . No man ought to be at ease while he knows himself in the wrong ; and I have not satisfied ...
... DEAR SIR , -I sit down to answer your letter on the same day in which I received it , and am pleased that my first letter of the year is to you . No man ought to be at ease while he knows himself in the wrong ; and I have not satisfied ...
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