The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... Letter to Mr. Dunning on the English Particle . " Johnson read it ; and though not treated in it with sufficient respect , he had candour enough to say to Mr. Seward , " Were I to make a new edition of my Diction- ary , I would adopt ...
... Letter to Mr. Dunning on the English Particle . " Johnson read it ; and though not treated in it with sufficient respect , he had candour enough to say to Mr. Seward , " Were I to make a new edition of my Diction- ary , I would adopt ...
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... letters ; and never impute the negli gence of my hand to the coldness of my heart . ' I send you a copy of the last letter which she had from him ; she never heard that he had any intention of going into holy orders . From this late ...
... letters ; and never impute the negli gence of my hand to the coldness of my heart . ' I send you a copy of the last letter which she had from him ; she never heard that he had any intention of going into holy orders . From this late ...
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... letter to me . " It was in the summer of the year 1778 , that he complied with my invita tion to come down to the camp at Warley , and he staid with me about a week ; the scene appeared , notwithstanding a great degree of ill health ...
... letter to me . " It was in the summer of the year 1778 , that he complied with my invita tion to come down to the camp at Warley , and he staid with me about a week ; the scene appeared , notwithstanding a great degree of ill health ...
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... letters , that he may have the consequence of appearing a parliament - man among his countrymen . " LETTER 325 . TO MRS . THRALE . " Oct. 15 , 1778 . " As to Dr. Collier's 1 epitaph , Nollekens has had it so long , that I have for ...
... letters , that he may have the consequence of appearing a parliament - man among his countrymen . " LETTER 325 . TO MRS . THRALE . " Oct. 15 , 1778 . " As to Dr. Collier's 1 epitaph , Nollekens has had it so long , that I have for ...
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... letters : LETTER 327 . TO THE REV . DR . WHEELER . ' Oxford . “ London , Nov. 2 , 1778 . DEAR SIR , -Dr . Burney , who brings this paper , is engaged in a History of Music ; and having been told by Dr Markham of some MSS . relating to ...
... letters : LETTER 327 . TO THE REV . DR . WHEELER . ' Oxford . “ London , Nov. 2 , 1778 . DEAR SIR , -Dr . Burney , who brings this paper , is engaged in a History of Music ; and having been told by Dr Markham of some MSS . relating to ...
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