The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6Bell, 1889 |
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... portraiture we claim , and believe we shall gain , the gratitude of all lovers of Johnson . ROBINA NAPIER . Holkham Vicarage , Nov. 26th , 1883 . } CONTENTS . PAGE MRS . PIOZZI'S ANECDOTES . Mrs. PREFATORY NOTICE . ix.
... portraiture we claim , and believe we shall gain , the gratitude of all lovers of Johnson . ROBINA NAPIER . Holkham Vicarage , Nov. 26th , 1883 . } CONTENTS . PAGE MRS . PIOZZI'S ANECDOTES . Mrs. PREFATORY NOTICE . ix.
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... this uncle Andrew , I believe ; and I have heard him descant upon the age when people were received , and when rejected , in the schools once held for that brutal amusement , much 6 ANECDOTES OF JOHNSON Johnson's birth and family.
... this uncle Andrew , I believe ; and I have heard him descant upon the age when people were received , and when rejected , in the schools once held for that brutal amusement , much 6 ANECDOTES OF JOHNSON Johnson's birth and family.
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... believe , a mighty blameless character . " Such tricks were , however , the more unpardonable in Mr. Johnson , because no one could harangue like him about the difficulty always found in for- 66 Mr. giving petty injuries , or in ...
... believe , a mighty blameless character . " Such tricks were , however , the more unpardonable in Mr. Johnson , because no one could harangue like him about the difficulty always found in for- 66 Mr. giving petty injuries , or in ...
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... believe , ever formed concerning the author's name , though at that time the subject of general conversation . Mr. Johnson made us all laugh one day , because I had received a remarkably fine Stilton cheese as a present from some person ...
... believe , ever formed concerning the author's name , though at that time the subject of general conversation . Mr. Johnson made us all laugh one day , because I had received a remarkably fine Stilton cheese as a present from some person ...
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... believe the dog loves me dearly . Mr. Thrale ( turning to my husband ) , what shall you and I do that is good for Tom Davies ? We will do something for him , to be sure . ' 99 Of Pope as a writer he had the highest opinion , and once ...
... believe the dog loves me dearly . Mr. Thrale ( turning to my husband ) , what shall you and I do that is good for Tom Davies ? We will do something for him , to be sure . ' 99 Of Pope as a writer he had the highest opinion , and once ...
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