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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... sent Stepney's Epitaph . Let me have the revises as soon as can be . December 1778 . " I have sent Philips , with his Epitaphs , to be in- зerted . The fragment of a preface is hardly worth the impression , but that we may seem to do ...
... sent Stepney's Epitaph . Let me have the revises as soon as can be . December 1778 . " I have sent Philips , with his Epitaphs , to be in- зerted . The fragment of a preface is hardly worth the impression , but that we may seem to do ...
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... sent from church . ' BOSWELL . " Very true , Sir But suppose a man to be uniformly of good con- duct , would it not be better that he should refuse to dine with a bishop in this week , and so not encourage a bad practice by his example ...
... sent from church . ' BOSWELL . " Very true , Sir But suppose a man to be uniformly of good con- duct , would it not be better that he should refuse to dine with a bishop in this week , and so not encourage a bad practice by his example ...
Page 66
... sent him a set . " 66 Mr. Berenger visited him to - day , and was very pleasing . We talked of an evening society for con- versation at a house in town , of which we were all members , but of which Johnson said , " It will never do ...
... sent him a set . " 66 Mr. Berenger visited him to - day , and was very pleasing . We talked of an evening society for con- versation at a house in town , of which we were all members , but of which Johnson said , " It will never do ...
Page 82
... sent into our own colonies ? " Here Johnson , with that quickness of recollection which distinguished him so eminently , gave the Middlesex patriot an admir- able retort upon his own ground . " Sure , Sir , you don't think a resolution ...
... sent into our own colonies ? " Here Johnson , with that quickness of recollection which distinguished him so eminently , gave the Middlesex patriot an admir- able retort upon his own ground . " Sure , Sir , you don't think a resolution ...
Page 84
... sent of his Lives of the Poets , ' as I am a poor patriot , who cannot afford to buy them . " Johnson seemed to take no notice of this hint ; but in a ' Pray , Sir , be little while he called to Mr. Dilly , so good as to send a set of ...
... sent of his Lives of the Poets , ' as I am a poor patriot , who cannot afford to buy them . " Johnson seemed to take no notice of this hint ; but in a ' Pray , Sir , be little while he called to Mr. Dilly , so good as to send a set of ...
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