The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... honour to that illustrious painter and most amiable man , I am happy to introduce it . " TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . " 23d June , 1781 . “ DEAR SIR , —It was not before yesterday that I received . your splendid benefaction . To a hand so ...
... honour to that illustrious painter and most amiable man , I am happy to introduce it . " TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . " 23d June , 1781 . “ DEAR SIR , —It was not before yesterday that I received . your splendid benefaction . To a hand so ...
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... honour done to him by a man of genius and science , to whom he was an utter stranger , that he said to Dr. Burney , Sir , there is no man possessed of the smallest portion of modesty , but must be flattered with the admiration of such a ...
... honour done to him by a man of genius and science , to whom he was an utter stranger , that he said to Dr. Burney , Sir , there is no man possessed of the smallest portion of modesty , but must be flattered with the admiration of such a ...
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... honour you more than , madam , yours , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " ] In 1782 his complaints increased , and the history of his life this year is little more than a mournful recital of the variations of his illness , in the midst of which ...
... honour you more than , madam , yours , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " ] In 1782 his complaints increased , and the history of his life this year is little more than a mournful recital of the variations of his illness , in the midst of which ...
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... honoured his memory with the following pathetic verses : " Condemn'd to Hope's delusive mine , As on we toil from day to day , By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away . " Well try'd through many a varying year ...
... honoured his memory with the following pathetic verses : " Condemn'd to Hope's delusive mine , As on we toil from day to day , By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away . " Well try'd through many a varying year ...
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... honour to Johnson's memory . " TO MRS . LUCY PORTER , IN LICHFIELD . " London , 2d March , 1782 . " Dear madam , -I went away from Lichfield ill , and have had a troublesome time with my breath . For some weeks I have been disordered by ...
... honour to Johnson's memory . " TO MRS . LUCY PORTER , IN LICHFIELD . " London , 2d March , 1782 . " Dear madam , -I went away from Lichfield ill , and have had a troublesome time with my breath . For some weeks I have been disordered by ...
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