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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... told me , expressed grief in the strongest manner he had ever read ; so that it is much to be regretted it has not been preserved . The letter was brought to Dr. Taylor , at his house in the Cloisters , Westminster , about three in the ...
... told me , expressed grief in the strongest manner he had ever read ; so that it is much to be regretted it has not been preserved . The letter was brought to Dr. Taylor , at his house in the Cloisters , Westminster , about three in the ...
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... told me , that Mr. Wedderburne , now Lord Loughborough , was the per- son who first mentioned this subject to him . Lord Loughborough told me , that the pension was granted to Johnson solely as the reward of his literary merit , without ...
... told me , that Mr. Wedderburne , now Lord Loughborough , was the per- son who first mentioned this subject to him . Lord Loughborough told me , that the pension was granted to Johnson solely as the reward of his literary merit , without ...
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... told me , having my little hand in a custard . It is observable , that , having been told of this operation , I always imagined that I remembered it , but I laid the scene in the wrong house . Such confu aons of memory I suspect to be ...
... told me , having my little hand in a custard . It is observable , that , having been told of this operation , I always imagined that I remembered it , but I laid the scene in the wrong house . Such confu aons of memory I suspect to be ...
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