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... Answers , " London , 1782. Boswell in the " Life " selects a few paragraphs from this answer , which " mark their great author . " The controversy continued , and waxed warmer : Mr. Clark answered ( 1783 ) Mr. Shaw's reply , and a ...
... Answers , " London , 1782. Boswell in the " Life " selects a few paragraphs from this answer , which " mark their great author . " The controversy continued , and waxed warmer : Mr. Clark answered ( 1783 ) Mr. Shaw's reply , and a ...
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... answers to my inquiries regarding Johnson's life in connection with the Cathedral ; Mr. Charles Simpson , Town Clerk of the city of Lichfield , a gentleman who knew those who had seen and spoken with Johnson , and from whom I learnt the ...
... answers to my inquiries regarding Johnson's life in connection with the Cathedral ; Mr. Charles Simpson , Town Clerk of the city of Lichfield , a gentleman who knew those who had seen and spoken with Johnson , and from whom I learnt the ...
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... answer , with a grunt , " I came as fast as I could ; " upon which the duke calmly said , " Cadogan , I would not for a thousand pounds have that fellow's temper . " There are some men , I believe , who have , or think they have , a ...
... answer , with a grunt , " I came as fast as I could ; " upon which the duke calmly said , " Cadogan , I would not for a thousand pounds have that fellow's temper . " There are some men , I believe , who have , or think they have , a ...
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... answer : though the same inquiry was afterwards , on my behalf , repeated by Sir Walter Scott , whose influence might have been expected to have produced a more satisfactory result . But I was more fortunate in other quarters . The ...
... answer : though the same inquiry was afterwards , on my behalf , repeated by Sir Walter Scott , whose influence might have been expected to have produced a more satisfactory result . But I was more fortunate in other quarters . The ...
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... answer some inquiries with which I found it necessary to trouble them . In this edition ( 1847 ) I have had some valuable assistance from Mr. Peter Cunningham ( son of Allan Cunningham the Poet ) as well as from my friend Mr. Lockhart ...
... answer some inquiries with which I found it necessary to trouble them . In this edition ( 1847 ) I have had some valuable assistance from Mr. Peter Cunningham ( son of Allan Cunningham the Poet ) as well as from my friend Mr. Lockhart ...
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