The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... Lord Bute ; and at Inner Temple Lane , in virtue of the honorary degree of the University of Dublin , he first became a Doctor . It was here , too , that he was visited by Mme . de Boufflers , speeding his parting guest with the ...
... Lord Bute ; and at Inner Temple Lane , in virtue of the honorary degree of the University of Dublin , he first became a Doctor . It was here , too , that he was visited by Mme . de Boufflers , speeding his parting guest with the ...
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... Lord , deliver us ! " " It was in St. Clement Danes , eleven years later , that , " after a con- finement of 129 days , " he returned thanks to God for his recovery from sickness.1 As may be gathered from his melancholy habit , Johnson ...
... Lord , deliver us ! " " It was in St. Clement Danes , eleven years later , that , " after a con- finement of 129 days , " he returned thanks to God for his recovery from sickness.1 As may be gathered from his melancholy habit , Johnson ...
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... Lord Southwell to an apothecary in Cork Street , Burlington Gardens ( with whom he and Miss Williams generally dined every Sunday ) , and a tallow - chandler's wife on Snow Hill , " not in the learned way ' ( says Francis Barber ) ...
... Lord Southwell to an apothecary in Cork Street , Burlington Gardens ( with whom he and Miss Williams generally dined every Sunday ) , and a tallow - chandler's wife on Snow Hill , " not in the learned way ' ( says Francis Barber ) ...
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... - keepers or not , played but a small part in the ever growing list of the Doctor's acquaintances , which included not a few persons of quality besides Lord Orrery and Lord Southwell . " He associated , xviii INTRODUCTION.
... - keepers or not , played but a small part in the ever growing list of the Doctor's acquaintances , which included not a few persons of quality besides Lord Orrery and Lord Southwell . " He associated , xviii INTRODUCTION.
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James Boswell Arnold Glover. Lord Orrery and Lord Southwell . " He associated , ” says Boswell , returning to the subject , " with persons the most widely different in manners , abilities , rank and accomplishments . He was at once the ...
James Boswell Arnold Glover. Lord Orrery and Lord Southwell . " He associated , ” says Boswell , returning to the subject , " with persons the most widely different in manners , abilities , rank and accomplishments . He was at once the ...
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