The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1846 - Authors, English |
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... died in 1773. The " Letters " were pub- lished the year following , by his son's widow ; but the author appears to have given no authority for such a step . ] ( 1 ) [ Afterwards Viscount Melville . He died in 1811. ] ( 2 ) Probably ...
... died in 1773. The " Letters " were pub- lished the year following , by his son's widow ; but the author appears to have given no authority for such a step . ] ( 1 ) [ Afterwards Viscount Melville . He died in 1811. ] ( 2 ) Probably ...
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... died on the very day on which Lord Boling- broke's works came out , he wrote an elegant Ode on his death , beginning " Let others hail the rising sun , I bow to that whose course is run ; " ( 1 ) Lord Chesterfield's picture , if meant ...
... died on the very day on which Lord Boling- broke's works came out , he wrote an elegant Ode on his death , beginning " Let others hail the rising sun , I bow to that whose course is run ; " ( 1 ) Lord Chesterfield's picture , if meant ...
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... died . Pope describes him as 66 a good humble - spirited man , a great admirer of Addison , and but a poor writer , except his play ; that is very well . " ] ( 2 ) He came to Oxford within a fortnight , and stayed about five weeks . He ...
... died . Pope describes him as 66 a good humble - spirited man , a great admirer of Addison , and but a poor writer , except his play ; that is very well . " ] ( 2 ) He came to Oxford within a fortnight , and stayed about five weeks . He ...
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... died in 1767 : five years before his death , the following anticipation of it appeared in the London papers : " Dec. 9. 1762 , died the Rev. Solomon Wise , greatly regretted by the studious part of university of Oxford . His death was ...
... died in 1767 : five years before his death , the following anticipation of it appeared in the London papers : " Dec. 9. 1762 , died the Rev. Solomon Wise , greatly regretted by the studious part of university of Oxford . His death was ...
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... died in 1763.-C. ( 1 ) I suppose Johnson means , that my kind intention of being the first to give him the good news of the degree being granted was frustrated , because Dr. King brought it before my intelli- gence arrived . - WARTON ...
... died in 1763.-C. ( 1 ) I suppose Johnson means , that my kind intention of being the first to give him the good news of the degree being granted was frustrated , because Dr. King brought it before my intelli- gence arrived . - WARTON ...
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