The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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Page v
... called Temple Bar , which he founded in December , 1860. Temple Bar still flourishes , but the counterfeit quotation has long since disappeared from its cover . Johnson did , how- ever , say to Mr. Hoole in 1783 , - " Let you and I ...
... called Temple Bar , which he founded in December , 1860. Temple Bar still flourishes , but the counterfeit quotation has long since disappeared from its cover . Johnson did , how- ever , say to Mr. Hoole in 1783 , - " Let you and I ...
Page vi
... called Paradise Lost ) that he gravitated in 1737 , since Wilcox , who bade him buy a porter's knot , was also at one time a Little Britain bookseller . But his first definitely recorded lodging was in Exeter Street , Strand , at the ...
... called Paradise Lost ) that he gravitated in 1737 , since Wilcox , who bade him buy a porter's knot , was also at one time a Little Britain bookseller . But his first definitely recorded lodging was in Exeter Street , Strand , at the ...
Page ix
... called it is a garret occupying the entire length of the building , and having five windows . This was the manu- factory of the famous Diction- ary . Here , duly partitioned off , laboured the Doctor's six amanuenses ; here came Joseph ...
... called it is a garret occupying the entire length of the building , and having five windows . This was the manu- factory of the famous Diction- ary . Here , duly partitioned off , laboured the Doctor's six amanuenses ; here came Joseph ...
Page xix
... called the author of the Scribleriad , delivering a spoken essay on Gay and ballad opera , or criticising the character of Sir Roger de Coverley . He was often at those ill - regulated feasts of Reynolds ' in Leicester Fields , where ...
... called the author of the Scribleriad , delivering a spoken essay on Gay and ballad opera , or criticising the character of Sir Roger de Coverley . He was often at those ill - regulated feasts of Reynolds ' in Leicester Fields , where ...
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... called for their cloaks . LORD CADOGANS servant , a good humoured alert lad , brought his Lordship's in a minute . The Duke's servant , a lazy sulky dog , was so sluggish , that his Grace being wet to the skin , reproved him , and had ...
... called for their cloaks . LORD CADOGANS servant , a good humoured alert lad , brought his Lordship's in a minute . The Duke's servant , a lazy sulky dog , was so sluggish , that his Grace being wet to the skin , reproved him , and had ...
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