The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... conversation , which is son , in his Memoirs of Gray . Wherever universally acknowledged to have been em- narrative is necessary to explain , connect and supply , I furnish it to the best of my abilities ; but in the chronological ...
... conversation , which is son , in his Memoirs of Gray . Wherever universally acknowledged to have been em- narrative is necessary to explain , connect and supply , I furnish it to the best of my abilities ; but in the chronological ...
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... conversation , which I have preserved , are these : I told him that Voltaire , in a conversation with me , had distinguished Pope and Dryden thus : - " Pope drives a handsome chariot , with a couple of neat trim nags ; Dryden a coach ...
... conversation , which I have preserved , are these : I told him that Voltaire , in a conversation with me , had distinguished Pope and Dryden thus : - " Pope drives a handsome chariot , with a couple of neat trim nags ; Dryden a coach ...
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... conversation and gracious behaviour . He it clumsily ; for , if that be the case , every said to Mr. Barnard , " Sir , they may talk one who can look through a microscope of the king as they will ; but he is the finest will be able to ...
... conversation and gracious behaviour . He it clumsily ; for , if that be the case , every said to Mr. Barnard , " Sir , they may talk one who can look through a microscope of the king as they will ; but he is the finest will be able to ...
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