The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... received a second honorary degree , that of D.C.L. , Oxford . Johnson's Court ( the name of which is a mere coincidence ) lies on the north side of Fleet Street to the north and west of the present Anderton's Hotel . While here , he ...
... received a second honorary degree , that of D.C.L. , Oxford . Johnson's Court ( the name of which is a mere coincidence ) lies on the north side of Fleet Street to the north and west of the present Anderton's Hotel . While here , he ...
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... a Dedication , when I mention that there has been a long and uninterrupted friendship between us . If gratitude should be acknowledged for favours received , I have this opportunity , my dear Sir , most sincerely to xxix.
... a Dedication , when I mention that there has been a long and uninterrupted friendship between us . If gratitude should be acknowledged for favours received , I have this opportunity , my dear Sir , most sincerely to xxix.
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... received with so much approbation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . 1 Rambler , No. 60 . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if his ...
... received with so much approbation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . 1 Rambler , No. 60 . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if his ...
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... an eminent Physician , who was brother to Johnson's mother . - M . ] 2 He is said to be the original of the parson in Hogarth's Modern Midnight Conversation . he was received at Stourbridge , applied to have him 18 THE LIFE OF DR JOHNSON.
... an eminent Physician , who was brother to Johnson's mother . - M . ] 2 He is said to be the original of the parson in Hogarth's Modern Midnight Conversation . he was received at Stourbridge , applied to have him 18 THE LIFE OF DR JOHNSON.
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James Boswell Arnold Glover. he was received at Stourbridge , applied to have him admitted as a scholar and assistant to the Rev. Samuel Lea , M.A. , head master of Newport school , in Shropshire ; ( a very diligent good teacher , at ...
James Boswell Arnold Glover. he was received at Stourbridge , applied to have him admitted as a scholar and assistant to the Rev. Samuel Lea , M.A. , head master of Newport school , in Shropshire ; ( a very diligent good teacher , at ...
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