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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... soon published in a separate edition ; when , for a very few corrections , the doctor was presented with another hundred guineas . NICHOLS . assimilated to the lady in Waller , who could impress B 2 ETAT . 72 . 3 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... soon published in a separate edition ; when , for a very few corrections , the doctor was presented with another hundred guineas . NICHOLS . assimilated to the lady in Waller , who could impress B 2 ETAT . 72 . 3 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... 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 something . It may be added to the Life of Philips ...
... 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 something . It may be added to the Life of Philips ...
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... soon to meet him again in London . LETTER 396. TO MR . BOSWELL . " March 14. 1781 . " DEAR SIR , - I hoped you had got rid of all this hypocrisy of misery . What have you to do with Liberty and Necessity ? Or what more than to hold your ...
... soon to meet him again in London . LETTER 396. TO MR . BOSWELL . " March 14. 1781 . " DEAR SIR , - I hoped you had got rid of all this hypocrisy of misery . What have you to do with Liberty and Necessity ? Or what more than to hold your ...
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... soon after his death : " When he walked the streets , what with the constant roll of his head , and the concomitant motion of his body , he ap- peared to make his way by that motion , inde- pendent of his feet . " That he was often much ...
... soon after his death : " When he walked the streets , what with the constant roll of his head , and the concomitant motion of his body , he ap- peared to make his way by that motion , inde- pendent of his feet . " That he was often much ...
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... soon get above a despicable state of helplessness , and attain the power of acting for himself . ” On Saturday , April 7. , I dined with him at Mr. Hoole's with Governor Bouchier and Captain Orme , both of whom had been long in the East ...
... soon get above a despicable state of helplessness , and attain the power of acting for himself . ” On Saturday , April 7. , I dined with him at Mr. Hoole's with Governor Bouchier and Captain Orme , both of whom had been long in the East ...
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