The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 7J. Murray, 1839 |
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... received , told me , that when he was a boy at the Charterhouse , his father wrote to him to go and pay a visit to Mr. Samuel Johnson , which he accordingly did , and found him in an upper room , of poor appearance . Johnson received ...
... received , told me , that when he was a boy at the Charterhouse , his father wrote to him to go and pay a visit to Mr. Samuel Johnson , which he accordingly did , and found him in an upper room , of poor appearance . Johnson received ...
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... received , I hope with earnest- ness ; and while others received , sat down ; but thinking that posture , though usual , improper , I rose and stood . I prayed again , in the pew , but with what prayer I have forgotten . When I used the ...
... received , I hope with earnest- ness ; and while others received , sat down ; but thinking that posture , though usual , improper , I rose and stood . I prayed again , in the pew , but with what prayer I have forgotten . When I used the ...
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... received soon after this time a letter , of which I extract a passage , relative both to Mr. Beauclerk and Dr. Johnson . ( 1 ) The Hon . Mary Monkton , daughter of the first Viscount Galway , born April 1747 ; married in 1786 to Edmund ...
... received soon after this time a letter , of which I extract a passage , relative both to Mr. Beauclerk and Dr. Johnson . ( 1 ) The Hon . Mary Monkton , daughter of the first Viscount Galway , born April 1747 ; married in 1786 to Edmund ...
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