The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... late Mr. G. A. Sala confessed that he had concocted this characteristic and highly - popular proposal as a motto for the magazine called Temple Bar , which he founded in December , 1860. Temple Bar still flourishes , but the counterfeit ...
... late Mr. G. A. Sala confessed that he had concocted this characteristic and highly - popular proposal as a motto for the magazine called Temple Bar , which he founded in December , 1860. Temple Bar still flourishes , but the counterfeit ...
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... late as May , 1899. Johnson himself describes it as a " small house beyond the church , " and Park , the local antiquary , who may be relied upon , as " the last in Frognall ( southward ) . " Park says that in 1818 it was occupied by a ...
... late as May , 1899. Johnson himself describes it as a " small house beyond the church , " and Park , the local antiquary , who may be relied upon , as " the last in Frognall ( southward ) . " Park says that in 1818 it was occupied by a ...
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... late Dante Gabriel Rossetti . At the Mitre , too , it was , that Goldsmith , speaking to Boswell of Johnson's kindness to a worthless person , said finely and humanely- " He is now become miserable , and that insures the protection of ...
... late Dante Gabriel Rossetti . At the Mitre , too , it was , that Goldsmith , speaking to Boswell of Johnson's kindness to a worthless person , said finely and humanely- " He is now become miserable , and that insures the protection of ...
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... late Dr. Samuel Johnson was born , part of the Market Cross , St. Mary's Church , and the Town Hall , in 1785 Grammar School , Lichfield PAGE XXV 8 • 15 Pembroke College , Oxford • 27 Elral Hall , near Lichfield Church Street ...
... late Dr. Samuel Johnson was born , part of the Market Cross , St. Mary's Church , and the Town Hall , in 1785 Grammar School , Lichfield PAGE XXV 8 • 15 Pembroke College , Oxford • 27 Elral Hall , near Lichfield Church Street ...
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... late to be arranged in that chronological order which he had endeavoured uniformly to observe in his work , he was obliged to introduce them in his Second Edition , by way of ADDENDA , as commodiously as he could . In the present ...
... late to be arranged in that chronological order which he had endeavoured uniformly to observe in his work , he was obliged to introduce them in his Second Edition , by way of ADDENDA , as commodiously as he could . In the present ...
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