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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... instance . It was highly gratifying to me that my friend , Sir Joshua Reynolds , to whom it is inscribed , lived to peruse it , and to give the strongest testimony to its fidelity ; but before a second edition , which he contributed to ...
... instance . It was highly gratifying to me that my friend , Sir Joshua Reynolds , to whom it is inscribed , lived to peruse it , and to give the strongest testimony to its fidelity ; but before a second edition , which he contributed to ...
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... instance , however , the printer , by mistake , has affixed this mark to a note relative to the Rev. Thomas Fysche Palmer ( see vol . iv . p . 92 ) , which was written by Mr. Boswell , and therefore ought not to have been thus ...
... instance , however , the printer , by mistake , has affixed this mark to a note relative to the Rev. Thomas Fysche Palmer ( see vol . iv . p . 92 ) , which was written by Mr. Boswell , and therefore ought not to have been thus ...
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... instances of dying for love . She was buried in the cathedral of Lichfield : and he , with a tender regard , placed a stone over her grave with this inscription : Here lies the body of Mrs. ELIZABETH BLANEY , a Stranger : She departed ...
... instances of dying for love . She was buried in the cathedral of Lichfield : and he , with a tender regard , placed a stone over her grave with this inscription : Here lies the body of Mrs. ELIZABETH BLANEY , a Stranger : She departed ...
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... instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . " In all such investigations it is certainly unwise to pay too much attention to ...
... instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . " In all such investigations it is certainly unwise to pay too much attention to ...
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... instance was told me in his presence at Lichfield , in 1776 , by his step - daughter , Mrs. Lucy Porter , as related to her by his mother . When he was a child in petti- coats , and had learned to read , Mrs. Johnson one morning put the ...
... instance was told me in his presence at Lichfield , in 1776 , by his step - daughter , Mrs. Lucy Porter , as related to her by his mother . When he was a child in petti- coats , and had learned to read , Mrs. Johnson one morning put the ...
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