The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... letter he had received from him , as a relick of so estimable a writer . This was in 1755. In 1760 , when Dr. Burney visited Dr. Johnson at the Temple in London , where he had then chambers , he happened to arrive there before he was up ...
... letter he had received from him , as a relick of so estimable a writer . This was in 1755. In 1760 , when Dr. Burney visited Dr. Johnson at the Temple in London , where he had then chambers , he happened to arrive there before he was up ...
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... 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 myself with my long silence . The letter ...
... 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 myself with my long silence . The letter ...
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... letter'd arrogance 4 , deny Thy praise to merit unrefined . [ No doubt the year 1746 , and not the age of either party . - ED . ] 2 [ He , by this word , means that he had in prayer recommended his departed friend to the mercy of God ...
... letter'd arrogance 4 , deny Thy praise to merit unrefined . [ No doubt the year 1746 , and not the age of either party . - ED . ] 2 [ He , by this word , means that he had in prayer recommended his departed friend to the mercy of God ...
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... letter , Dr. Lawrence left London , but not before the palsy had made so great a progress as to render him unable to write for himself . The following are extracts from letters addressed by Dr. Johnson to one of his daughters : " You ...
... letter , Dr. Lawrence left London , but not before the palsy had made so great a progress as to render him unable to write for himself . The following are extracts from letters addressed by Dr. Johnson to one of his daughters : " You ...
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... Letters from Langton and Boswell . I promised Lennox ] six guineas . " 24 - Sunday . I rose not early . Visitors ... letter . Then wrote to Mrs. Thrale . Cox visited me . I sent home Dr. Lawrence's papers , with notes . I gave [ Mrs ...
... Letters from Langton and Boswell . I promised Lennox ] six guineas . " 24 - Sunday . I rose not early . Visitors ... letter . Then wrote to Mrs. Thrale . Cox visited me . I sent home Dr. Lawrence's papers , with notes . I gave [ Mrs ...
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