The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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... occasion your usual generosity , you will not only en- courage learning , and relieve distress , but ( though it be in comparison of the other motives of very small account ) oblige , in a very sensible manner , Sir , your very humble ...
... occasion your usual generosity , you will not only en- courage learning , and relieve distress , but ( though it be in comparison of the other motives of very small account ) oblige , in a very sensible manner , Sir , your very humble ...
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... occasion of presenting an address to the king , accepted the usual offer of knighthood . He is author of " A History of Music , " in five volumes in quarto . By assiduous attendance upor Johnson in his last illness , he obtained the ...
... occasion of presenting an address to the king , accepted the usual offer of knighthood . He is author of " A History of Music , " in five volumes in quarto . By assiduous attendance upor Johnson in his last illness , he obtained the ...
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... occasion have been employed in all similar cases , and they are here insisted on by Mr. Boswell , in order to reconcile Johnson's conduct on this occasion , with his definitions of pension and pensioner . - C . This is not correct . Mr ...
... occasion have been employed in all similar cases , and they are here insisted on by Mr. Boswell , in order to reconcile Johnson's conduct on this occasion , with his definitions of pension and pensioner . - C . This is not correct . Mr ...
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