The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... gave so much as 101 . Baronets and knights gave a guinea or two , and the great body of the contributors gave less than Johnson . ( Harwood's Lichfield , p . 69. ) 1694 , we find him burying in the cathedral , and placing a marble stone ...
... gave so much as 101 . Baronets and knights gave a guinea or two , and the great body of the contributors gave less than Johnson . ( Harwood's Lichfield , p . 69. ) 1694 , we find him burying in the cathedral , and placing a marble stone ...
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... gave advice as one anxious for its success , I was long ago convinced by a perusal of the Pre- face , that this translation was erroneously ascribed to him ; and I have found this point ascertained beyond all doubt , by the follow- ing ...
... gave advice as one anxious for its success , I was long ago convinced by a perusal of the Pre- face , that this translation was erroneously ascribed to him ; and I have found this point ascertained beyond all doubt , by the follow- ing ...
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... gave up what was meant for man- kind1 ? My revered friend walked down with me to the beach , where we embraced and part- ed with tenderness , and engaged to corres- pond by letters . I said , " I hope sir , you will not forget me in my ...
... gave up what was meant for man- kind1 ? My revered friend walked down with me to the beach , where we embraced and part- ed with tenderness , and engaged to corres- pond by letters . I said , " I hope sir , you will not forget me in my ...
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