The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.W. P. Ninno, Hay & Mitchell, 1890 - 562 pages |
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... Lordship , ' spending part of a summer at my parsonage - house in the coun- try , he chose for his regular reading the old Spanish romance of Felixmarte of Hircania , in folio , which he read quite through . Yet I have heard him ...
... Lordship , ' spending part of a summer at my parsonage - house in the coun- try , he chose for his regular reading the old Spanish romance of Felixmarte of Hircania , in folio , which he read quite through . Yet I have heard him ...
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... lordship of Great Peatling ( about 2000 acres ) , and there are many monuments of them in the church ; but the estate is now much re- duced . The present representative of this ancient family is Mr. Charles Jervis of Hinckley , Attorney ...
... lordship of Great Peatling ( about 2000 acres ) , and there are many monuments of them in the church ; but the estate is now much re- duced . The present representative of this ancient family is Mr. Charles Jervis of Hinckley , Attorney ...
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... Lordship by Sir Joshua Reynolds , to whom it was given by the son of Mr. Richardson the painter , the person to whom it is addressed . I have transcribed it with minute exactness , that the peculiar mode of writing and imper- fect ...
... Lordship by Sir Joshua Reynolds , to whom it was given by the son of Mr. Richardson the painter , the person to whom it is addressed . I have transcribed it with minute exactness , that the peculiar mode of writing and imper- fect ...
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... lordship gave him his own name , and had it duly recorded in the register of St. Andrew's , Holborn . I have carefully inspected that register , but no such entry is to be found.1 2. It is stated that ' Lady Macclesfield , having lived ...
... lordship gave him his own name , and had it duly recorded in the register of St. Andrew's , Holborn . I have carefully inspected that register , but no such entry is to be found.1 2. It is stated that ' Lady Macclesfield , having lived ...
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... lordship's chaplain , in which he requests him , in the humblest manner , to represent his case to the Viscount . - BOSWELL . 2 Trusting to Savage's information , Johnson repre- sents this unhappy man's being received as a com- panion ...
... lordship's chaplain , in which he requests him , in the humblest manner , to represent his case to the Viscount . - BOSWELL . 2 Trusting to Savage's information , Johnson repre- sents this unhappy man's being received as a com- panion ...
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