The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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Page vii
... acquaintance of Reynolds , whom he met at the house of his opposite neighbours , the two Miss Cotterells ( daughters of Admiral Cotterell ) , to whom he had been introduced by Joseph Baretti . For the next ten years the traces of ...
... acquaintance of Reynolds , whom he met at the house of his opposite neighbours , the two Miss Cotterells ( daughters of Admiral Cotterell ) , to whom he had been introduced by Joseph Baretti . For the next ten years the traces of ...
Page xiii
... acquaintance with that eighteenth - century Cremorne . But he certainly did frequent Mary- " Fenlight in Johryony Hay . Gough Square lebone Gardens , for he went with George Steevens to see the fireworks of the famous pyrotechnist ...
... acquaintance with that eighteenth - century Cremorne . But he certainly did frequent Mary- " Fenlight in Johryony Hay . Gough Square lebone Gardens , for he went with George Steevens to see the fireworks of the famous pyrotechnist ...
Page xviii
... whether coach - 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.
... whether coach - 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.
Page xxx
... acquaintances to whom you have in- troduced me , for the noctes cœnæque Deum , which I have enjoyed under your roof . If a work should be inscribed to one who is master of the subject of it , and whose approbation , therefore , must ...
... acquaintances to whom you have in- troduced me , for the noctes cœnæque Deum , which I have enjoyed under your roof . If a work should be inscribed to one who is master of the subject of it , and whose approbation , therefore , must ...
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... acquainted with him , than even most of those were who actually knew him , but could know him only partially ; whereas there is here an accumu- lation of intelligence from various points , by which his character is more fully understood ...
... acquainted with him , than even most of those were who actually knew him , but could know him only partially ; whereas there is here an accumu- lation of intelligence from various points , by which his character is more fully understood ...
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