The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... Langton's Collectanea - Dr . Franklin's " Demonax , " CHAPTER VII 1781 . 116 The " Lives of the Poets " completed - Observations upon , and various Readings in , the Life of Cowley - Waller - Milton - Dryden - Pope - Broome - Addison ...
... Langton's Collectanea - Dr . Franklin's " Demonax , " CHAPTER VII 1781 . 116 The " Lives of the Poets " completed - Observations upon , and various Readings in , the Life of Cowley - Waller - Milton - Dryden - Pope - Broome - Addison ...
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... Langton at Rochester , • 297 CHAPTER XIII . 1783 . Death of Mrs. Williams - Conversation - French Literature - Dr . Priestley - Candour - Mrs . Siddons Mrs. Porter - Kitty Clive - Mrs . Pritchard - John Philip Kemble - George Anne ...
... Langton at Rochester , • 297 CHAPTER XIII . 1783 . Death of Mrs. Williams - Conversation - French Literature - Dr . Priestley - Candour - Mrs . Siddons Mrs. Porter - Kitty Clive - Mrs . Pritchard - John Philip Kemble - George Anne ...
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... Langton ] , who was run- ning ou . his fortune in London ; and I said , “ We must get him out of it . All his friends must quarrel with him , and that will soon drive him away . " JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , we'll send you to him . If your ...
... Langton ] , who was run- ning ou . his fortune in London ; and I said , “ We must get him out of it . All his friends must quarrel with him , and that will soon drive him away . " JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , we'll send you to him . If your ...
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... Langton came in and talked . After dinner I wrote . At tea Boswell came in . He stayed till near twelve . " - Pr . ad Med . p . 163. He means , that if it had not been in performance of a promise , he would not have done any worldly ...
... Langton came in and talked . After dinner I wrote . At tea Boswell came in . He stayed till near twelve . " - Pr . ad Med . p . 163. He means , that if it had not been in performance of a promise , he would not have done any worldly ...
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... Langton ] who we apprehended was gradually involving his circumstances by bad management . JOHN- SON . " Wasting a fortune is evaporation by a thousand impercep- tible means . If it were a stream , they'd stop it . You must speak to him ...
... Langton ] who we apprehended was gradually involving his circumstances by bad management . JOHN- SON . " Wasting a fortune is evaporation by a thousand impercep- tible means . If it were a stream , they'd stop it . You must speak to him ...
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