The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 8Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
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... received or asked any from the bishop of Gloucester ; and , if my memory fails me not , he had seen him only once , when they met almost without design , conversed without much effort , and parted without any lasting impression of ...
... received or asked any from the bishop of Gloucester ; and , if my memory fails me not , he had seen him only once , when they met almost without design , conversed without much effort , and parted without any lasting impression of ...
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... received from Dr. Johnson . Of these , one , which was written in qua- druplicate , under the different dates of its respective despatches , has already been made public , but not from any communication of mine . This , however , I have ...
... received from Dr. Johnson . Of these , one , which was written in qua- druplicate , under the different dates of its respective despatches , has already been made public , but not from any communication of mine . This , however , I have ...
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... received , let me now make my request . There is , Sir , somewhere within your government , a young adventurer , one Chauncey Law- rence , whose father is one of my oldest friends . Be pleased to show the young man what countenance is ...
... received , let me now make my request . There is , Sir , somewhere within your government , a young adventurer , one Chauncey Law- rence , whose father is one of my oldest friends . Be pleased to show the young man what countenance is ...
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... received , and sat with him a long time . The company gradually dropped away . Dilly himself was called down stairs I left the room for some time ; when I returned , I was struck with observing Dr. Samuel Johnson and John Wilkes , Esq ...
... received , and sat with him a long time . The company gradually dropped away . Dilly himself was called down stairs I left the room for some time ; when I returned , I was struck with observing Dr. Samuel Johnson and John Wilkes , Esq ...
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... received several thousand pounds of subscription- money for his " Universal Passion , " but had lost it in the South Sea . ( 1 ) Dr. Johnson thought this must be a mistake , for he had never seen a sub- scription - book . Upon the road ...
... received several thousand pounds of subscription- money for his " Universal Passion , " but had lost it in the South Sea . ( 1 ) Dr. Johnson thought this must be a mistake , for he had never seen a sub- scription - book . Upon the road ...
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