The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... . JOHNSON . " What he mentions in such light terms 2 Another parcel of Lord Hailes's " Annals of Scotland . " - BOSWELL . 3 Where Sr Joshua Reynolds lived . - Bos- WELL . as , " I am to set out to - 1775. - ĘTAT . 66 .
... . JOHNSON . " What he mentions in such light terms 2 Another parcel of Lord Hailes's " Annals of Scotland . " - BOSWELL . 3 Where Sr Joshua Reynolds lived . - Bos- WELL . as , " I am to set out to - 1775. - ĘTAT . 66 .
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... Reynolds , who knew him longer , and saw him more constantly than Mr. Boswell , says , " Dr. Johnson's sight was so very defective , that he could scarcely distinguish the face of his most intimate acquaintance at half a yard , and in ...
... Reynolds , who knew him longer , and saw him more constantly than Mr. Boswell , says , " Dr. Johnson's sight was so very defective , that he could scarcely distinguish the face of his most intimate acquaintance at half a yard , and in ...
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... Reynolds , who has noted them in her Re- collections . 66 JOHNSON . " The French , sir , are a very silly people ... Reynolds's Recollections . It should be added , however , that Miss Reynolds thought that Baretti returned from this ...
... Reynolds , who has noted them in her Re- collections . 66 JOHNSON . " The French , sir , are a very silly people ... Reynolds's Recollections . It should be added , however , that Miss Reynolds thought that Baretti returned from this ...
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... Reynolds , at one of the dinners of the royal academy , presented him to a Frenchman of great distinction , he would not deign to speak French , but talked Latin , though his excellency did not understand it , owing , perhaps , to ...
... Reynolds , at one of the dinners of the royal academy , presented him to a Frenchman of great distinction , he would not deign to speak French , but talked Latin , though his excellency did not understand it , owing , perhaps , to ...
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... Reynolds informs me , that when Mr. Burke was first elected a member of parliament , and Sir John Hawkins expressed a wonder at his attaining a seat , Johnson said , " Now we who know Mr. Burke , know that he will be one of the first ...
... Reynolds informs me , that when Mr. Burke was first elected a member of parliament , and Sir John Hawkins expressed a wonder at his attaining a seat , Johnson said , " Now we who know Mr. Burke , know that he will be one of the first ...
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