The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... Editor cannot omit here insert- ing the following letter , relating to a small annuity , which the charity of Mrs. Montagu had secured to Mrs. Williams , and which , as we shall see , was long afterwards a sub- ject of acknowledgment ...
... Editor cannot omit here insert- ing the following letter , relating to a small annuity , which the charity of Mrs. Montagu had secured to Mrs. Williams , and which , as we shall see , was long afterwards a sub- ject of acknowledgment ...
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... Editor had the pleasure of his acquaint- ance . He was a high - spirited , clever , and amiable gentleman ; and , like his father , of a frank and social disposition ; but it is said that he did not relish the recollections of our ...
... Editor had the pleasure of his acquaint- ance . He was a high - spirited , clever , and amiable gentleman ; and , like his father , of a frank and social disposition ; but it is said that he did not relish the recollections of our ...
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... editor now sees reason to doubt . The date in Mrs. Piozzi's collection , where it first appeared , was 16th May , 1771 . In Mr. Boswell's first edition it became 16th July , 1771 ; and in all the later editions , by a more elaborate ...
... editor now sees reason to doubt . The date in Mrs. Piozzi's collection , where it first appeared , was 16th May , 1771 . In Mr. Boswell's first edition it became 16th July , 1771 ; and in all the later editions , by a more elaborate ...
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... editor . " We then went to Trinity College , where he introduced me to Mr. Thomas Warton , with whom we passed a part of the evening . We talked of a work 6 much in vogue at We talked of biography . JOHNSON . " It that time , written in ...
... editor . " We then went to Trinity College , where he introduced me to Mr. Thomas Warton , with whom we passed a part of the evening . We talked of a work 6 much in vogue at We talked of biography . JOHNSON . " It that time , written in ...
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... Editor prefers Mr. Lang- ton's authority to that of the lady , who is clearly in error , when she represents Boswell as saying , that Grainger read his poem at Sir Joshua's . He only says , on the authority of Mr. Langton , that it was ...
... Editor prefers Mr. Lang- ton's authority to that of the lady , who is clearly in error , when she represents Boswell as saying , that Grainger read his poem at Sir Joshua's . He only says , on the authority of Mr. Langton , that it was ...
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