The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides |
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... miss , indeed , the charm of original anecdotes and conversa- tions . Of these Towers has none , except those which he had derived from the recently published sources described in the preceding remarks . Appointed an executor under the ...
... miss , indeed , the charm of original anecdotes and conversa- tions . Of these Towers has none , except those which he had derived from the recently published sources described in the preceding remarks . Appointed an executor under the ...
Page xlvii
... Miss Lucy Porter , many letters addressed to this lady by Johnson ; for which , it seems , Mr. Boswell had inquired in vain . These papers are marked Pearson MSS . Dr. Harwood supplied also some other papers , and much information ...
... Miss Lucy Porter , many letters addressed to this lady by Johnson ; for which , it seems , Mr. Boswell had inquired in vain . These papers are marked Pearson MSS . Dr. Harwood supplied also some other papers , and much information ...
Page xlviii
... Miss Reynolds , and entitled " Recollections of Dr. Johnson . " The authenticity and general accuracy of these " Recollections " cannot be doubted , and I had there- fore admitted extracts from them into the text of my first edition ; I ...
... Miss Reynolds , and entitled " Recollections of Dr. Johnson . " The authenticity and general accuracy of these " Recollections " cannot be doubted , and I had there- fore admitted extracts from them into the text of my first edition ; I ...
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... missed ) of adding agreements to the most agreeable subject in the world , which is literary history . -Nov . 24 , 1737. " 1 . Instead of melting down my materials into one mass , and constantly speaking in my own person , by which I ...
... missed ) of adding agreements to the most agreeable subject in the world , which is literary history . -Nov . 24 , 1737. " 1 . Instead of melting down my materials into one mass , and constantly speaking in my own person , by which I ...
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... Miss Mary Adye of Lichfield . " When Dr. Sacheverel was at Lichfield , Johnson was not quite three years old . My grandfather Hammond observed him at the cathedral perched upon his father's shoulders , listening and gaping at the much ...
... Miss Mary Adye of Lichfield . " When Dr. Sacheverel was at Lichfield , Johnson was not quite three years old . My grandfather Hammond observed him at the cathedral perched upon his father's shoulders , listening and gaping at the much ...
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