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 : in Two Volumes, Volume 2Henry Baldwin, 1791 - Authors, English |
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... told , however it might have been doubted if told by many others . As an instance of this , I may mention an odd incident which he related as having happened to him one night in Fleet - street . “ A gentlewoman ( said he ) begged I ...
... told , however it might have been doubted if told by many others . As an instance of this , I may mention an odd incident which he related as having happened to him one night in Fleet - street . “ A gentlewoman ( said he ) begged I ...
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... told me he had once dined in company with Hume in London ; that Hume shook hands with him , and said , “ You have treated me much better than I deserve ; " and that they exchanged visits . I took the liberty to object to treating an ...
... told me he had once dined in company with Hume in London ; that Hume shook hands with him , and said , “ You have treated me much better than I deserve ; " and that they exchanged visits . I took the liberty to object to treating an ...
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... told us , that in some of the Colleges at Oxford , the fellows had excluded the students from social intercourse with them in the common room . Johnson . “ They are in the right , Sir , for there can be no real conversation , no fair ...
... told us , that in some of the Colleges at Oxford , the fellows had excluded the students from social intercourse with them in the common room . Johnson . “ They are in the right , Sir , for there can be no real conversation , no fair ...
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... told him , that I heard Dr. Percy was writing the history of the wolf in Great - Britain . Johnson . “ The wolf , Sir ! why the wolf ? Why does he not write of the bear , which we had formerly ? Nay , it is said we had the beaver . Or ...
... told him , that I heard Dr. Percy was writing the history of the wolf in Great - Britain . Johnson . “ The wolf , Sir ! why the wolf ? Why does he not write of the bear , which we had formerly ? Nay , it is said we had the beaver . Or ...
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... told me , “ Forty years ago , Sir , I was in love with an actress here , Mrs. Emmet , who acted Flora , in Hob in the Well . ” What merit this lady had as an actress , or what was her figure , or her manner , I have not been informed ...
... told me , “ Forty years ago , Sir , I was in love with an actress here , Mrs. Emmet , who acted Flora , in Hob in the Well . ” What merit this lady had as an actress , or what was her figure , or her manner , I have not been informed ...
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