The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4Derby & Jackson, 1858 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... Tractate " -Locke - Visit to Warley Camp - Dr . Burney - Sir Joshua Reynolds's " Discourses " -Publication of the " Lives of the Poets " - Death of Garrick - Correspondence , . 55 CHAPTER IV . 1779 . Mr. Tasker's " Ode " vii E 45.
... Tractate " -Locke - Visit to Warley Camp - Dr . Burney - Sir Joshua Reynolds's " Discourses " -Publication of the " Lives of the Poets " - Death of Garrick - Correspondence , . 55 CHAPTER IV . 1779 . Mr. Tasker's " Ode " vii E 45.
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... Lives of the Poets " completed - Dr . Lawrence - Loss of a Wife - Death of Topham Beauclerk -Letter - writing - Mr . Melmoth - Fitzosborne's Letters - Somerset - House Exhibition - Riots in London - Lord George Gordon - Mr . Akerman ...
... Lives of the Poets " completed - Dr . Lawrence - Loss of a Wife - Death of Topham Beauclerk -Letter - writing - Mr . Melmoth - Fitzosborne's Letters - Somerset - House Exhibition - Riots in London - Lord George Gordon - Mr . Akerman ...
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... live EDWARDS . " I wish I had continued at col- I shall not die rich . " rich , than to die rich . " 1 Johnson said to me afterwards , " Sir , they respected me for my literature ; and yet it was not great but by comparison . Sir , it ...
... live EDWARDS . " I wish I had continued at col- I shall not die rich . " rich , than to die rich . " 1 Johnson said to me afterwards , " Sir , they respected me for my literature ; and yet it was not great but by comparison . Sir , it ...
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... live , Sir ? my regular meals , and a glass of good JOHNSON . " I now drink no wine , Sir . for many years I drank none . I then for some years drank a great deal . " EDWARDS . EDWARDS . " Some hogsheads , I warrant you . " JOHNSON ...
... live , Sir ? my regular meals , and a glass of good JOHNSON . " I now drink no wine , Sir . for many years I drank none . I then for some years drank a great deal . " EDWARDS . EDWARDS . " Some hogsheads , I warrant you . " JOHNSON ...
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... lives . It is the same thing to a college , which is a permanent society , whether it gets the money now or twenty years hence ; and I would wish to make my relations or friends feel the benefit of it . " This interview confirmed my ...
... lives . It is the same thing to a college , which is a permanent society , whether it gets the money now or twenty years hence ; and I would wish to make my relations or friends feel the benefit of it . " This interview confirmed my ...
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