The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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... JOHNSON'S LIFE AND CONTEMPORARY EVENTS 1776-1795 1776. Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ( Vol . I ... Johnson's Lives of the Poets published . Garrick died . 1780. Johnson's friend , Topham Beauclerk , dies . The Gordon ...
... JOHNSON'S LIFE AND CONTEMPORARY EVENTS 1776-1795 1776. Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ( Vol . I ... Johnson's Lives of the Poets published . Garrick died . 1780. Johnson's friend , Topham Beauclerk , dies . The Gordon ...
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... Johnson , with an air of triumph , ) you see here one pistol was sufficient . " Beau- clerk replied smartly , " Because it happened to kill him . " And either then or a very little afterwards , being piqued at Johnson's triumphant ...
... Johnson , with an air of triumph , ) you see here one pistol was sufficient . " Beau- clerk replied smartly , " Because it happened to kill him . " And either then or a very little afterwards , being piqued at Johnson's triumphant ...
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... JOHNSON . " That he is infinitely good , as far as the perfection of his nature will allow , I certainly believe ... JOHNSON . ( passionately and loudly ) " Sent to Hell , Sir , and punished everlastingly . ' DR . ADAMS . " I don't ...
... JOHNSON . " That he is infinitely good , as far as the perfection of his nature will allow , I certainly believe ... JOHNSON . ( passionately and loudly ) " Sent to Hell , Sir , and punished everlastingly . ' DR . ADAMS . " I don't ...
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