The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 2Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1851 |
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... letters , though not written till the year after , being chiefly upon the same subject , are here inserted : — " DEAR SIR , " TO MR . WILLIAM * DRUMMOND . " Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , April 21 , 1767 . " That my letter should ...
... letters , though not written till the year after , being chiefly upon the same subject , are here inserted : — " DEAR SIR , " TO MR . WILLIAM * DRUMMOND . " Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , April 21 , 1767 . " That my letter should ...
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... letter , and enclose a fifty pound note , should take care to deliver it . He accordingly did write him a letter , mentioning that he was only paying a legacy a little sooner . To his letter he added , ' P.S. I am going to part with my ...
... letter , and enclose a fifty pound note , should take care to deliver it . He accordingly did write him a letter , mentioning that he was only paying a legacy a little sooner . To his letter he added , ' P.S. I am going to part with my ...
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... letter , and enclose a fifty pound note , I should take care to deliver it . He accordingly did write him a letter , mentioning that he was only paying a legacy a little sooner . To his letter he added , ' P.S. I am going to part with ...
... letter , and enclose a fifty pound note , I should take care to deliver it . He accordingly did write him a letter , mentioning that he was only paying a legacy a little sooner . To his letter he added , ' P.S. I am going to part with ...
Contents
Frontispiece Johnsons interview with George III | 6 |
Johnsons fit of laughter at the Temple Gate from an original drawing 170 | 7 |
17661767 | 9 |
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