The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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Page ix
... hand , or place it with great composure against some support , taking no notice of its imperfection to his visitor . " At Gough Square ( " Goff Square , " he spells it in a letter to Miss Porter of 12th July , 1749 ) Johnson lived ten ...
... hand , or place it with great composure against some support , taking no notice of its imperfection to his visitor . " At Gough Square ( " Goff Square , " he spells it in a letter to Miss Porter of 12th July , 1749 ) Johnson lived ten ...
Page x
... hand , and con- ducted her to her coach . " In Inner Temple Lane , again , it was that Ozias Humphrey , the miniature painter , discovered him , close upon one o'clock in the day , " waving over his breakfast like a lunatic , " and ...
... hand , and con- ducted her to her coach . " In Inner Temple Lane , again , it was that Ozias Humphrey , the miniature painter , discovered him , close upon one o'clock in the day , " waving over his breakfast like a lunatic , " and ...
Page xxiv
... hand room on entering the Cheshire , ' and the table on the right on entering that room , having the window at the end , was the table occupied by Johnson and his friends almost uniformly . This table and the room are now as they were ...
... hand room on entering the Cheshire , ' and the table on the right on entering that room , having the window at the end , was the table occupied by Johnson and his friends almost uniformly . This table and the room are now as they were ...
Page xxxvi
... hands to be reposited in my archives at Auchinleck . An honourable and reverend friend speaking of the favourable reception of my volumes , even in the circles of fashion and elegance , said to me , " you have made them all talk Johnson ...
... hands to be reposited in my archives at Auchinleck . An honourable and reverend friend speaking of the favourable reception of my volumes , even in the circles of fashion and elegance , said to me , " you have made them all talk Johnson ...
Page xxxvii
... hand- writing , an inscription of such high commendation , that even I , vain as I am , cannot prevail on myself to publish it . [ July 1 , 1793. ] SE ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION EVERAL valuable letters ,. ADVERTISEMENT xxxvii.
... hand- writing , an inscription of such high commendation , that even I , vain as I am , cannot prevail on myself to publish it . [ July 1 , 1793. ] SE ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION EVERAL valuable letters ,. ADVERTISEMENT xxxvii.
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