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... writes Richard Cumberland in his Memoirs . He " sate in a front row of a side box , and when he laughed everybody thought themselves war- ranted to roar . " Not without reason was it that the grateful author dedicated his masterpiece to ...
... writes Richard Cumberland in his Memoirs . He " sate in a front row of a side box , and when he laughed everybody thought themselves war- ranted to roar . " Not without reason was it that the grateful author dedicated his masterpiece to ...
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... write in . ... But even dinners with Dilly , with Ramsay , and with Thrale were not — one may suspect - the high water mark of the Doctor's happiness . These , after all , were formal entertainments , and , like Sancho Panza , he loved ...
... write in . ... But even dinners with Dilly , with Ramsay , and with Thrale were not — one may suspect - the high water mark of the Doctor's happiness . These , after all , were formal entertainments , and , like Sancho Panza , he loved ...
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... writer , and as a most amiable man , had known JOHNSON from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason had I to hope for the countenance of that venerable Gentleman to this Work , will appear from what he wrote to ...
... writer , and as a most amiable man , had known JOHNSON from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason had I to hope for the countenance of that venerable Gentleman to this Work , will appear from what he wrote to ...
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... been rendered the amplest , and it is hoped , will be found the most correct edition of this valuable work , which has yet appeared . FOLEY - PLACE , May 2 , 1811 . E. M. xl The LIFE of SAMUEL JOHNSON LLD To O write the.
... been rendered the amplest , and it is hoped , will be found the most correct edition of this valuable work , which has yet appeared . FOLEY - PLACE , May 2 , 1811 . E. M. xl The LIFE of SAMUEL JOHNSON LLD To O write the.
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James Boswell Arnold Glover. The LIFE of SAMUEL JOHNSON LLD To O write the Life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his ex- traordinary endowments , or his various works , has ...
James Boswell Arnold Glover. The LIFE of SAMUEL JOHNSON LLD To O write the Life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his ex- traordinary endowments , or his various works , has ...
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