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 Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1 |
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... Miss Williams- Close of the " Rambler " - Commencement of Hawkesworth's " Adven- turer " -Death of Mrs. Johnson - Account of Robert Levett - Johnson's Friendship with Reynolds - Langton - Beauclerk - Writings in the " Adventurer ...
... Miss Williams- Close of the " Rambler " - Commencement of Hawkesworth's " Adven- turer " -Death of Mrs. Johnson - Account of Robert Levett - Johnson's Friendship with Reynolds - Langton - Beauclerk - Writings in the " Adventurer ...
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... Miss Williams - Boswell not yet admitted to this Privilege - Subsequent Interviews with Johnson , and Record of Conversations on these Occasions . CHAPTER XIV . -1763-1765 . Johnson accompanies Boswell to Harwich , on his intended ...
... Miss Williams - Boswell not yet admitted to this Privilege - Subsequent Interviews with Johnson , and Record of Conversations on these Occasions . CHAPTER XIV . -1763-1765 . Johnson accompanies Boswell to Harwich , on his intended ...
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... MISS REYNOLDS 252 PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH WARTON , D.D. , FROM A PAINTING BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS 258 THE TEMPLE STAIRS , FROM AN OLD PRINT 264 GREENWICH PARK , FROM AN OLD PRINT . 266 MRS . ANN WILLIAMS , FROM AN ORIGINAL DRAWING 268 MR ...
... MISS REYNOLDS 252 PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH WARTON , D.D. , FROM A PAINTING BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS 258 THE TEMPLE STAIRS , FROM AN OLD PRINT 264 GREENWICH PARK , FROM AN OLD PRINT . 266 MRS . ANN WILLIAMS , FROM AN ORIGINAL DRAWING 268 MR ...
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... Miss Mary Adye , of Lichfield . Listening to Dr. Sacheverel preaching . V " When Dr. Sacheverel was at Lichfield , Johnson was not quite three years old . My grandfather Hammond observed him at the cathedral perched upon his father's ...
... Miss Mary Adye , of Lichfield . Listening to Dr. Sacheverel preaching . V " When Dr. Sacheverel was at Lichfield , Johnson was not quite three years old . My grandfather Hammond observed him at the cathedral perched upon his father's ...
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... Miss Seward , amongst the communications concerning Dr. Johnson with which she has been pleased to favour me : - " These infant numbers contain the seeds of those propensities which through his life so strongly marked his character ; of ...
... Miss Seward , amongst the communications concerning Dr. Johnson with which she has been pleased to favour me : - " These infant numbers contain the seeds of those propensities which through his life so strongly marked his character ; of ...
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