The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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Page 114
... Lord Chesterfield's fallacious patronage made him feel , he dismissed the word gar- ret from the sad group , and in all the sub- sequent editions the line stands , " Toil , envy , want , the Patron , and the jail . " That Lord ...
... Lord Chesterfield's fallacious patronage made him feel , he dismissed the word gar- ret from the sad group , and in all the sub- sequent editions the line stands , " Toil , envy , want , the Patron , and the jail . " That Lord ...
Page 115
... Lord Macclesfield assisted Lord Chesterfield in the bill for changing the style ; and Lord Ches- terfield very candidly confessed that his own lighter and more graceful way of treating a subject which he understood but superficially ran ...
... Lord Macclesfield assisted Lord Chesterfield in the bill for changing the style ; and Lord Ches- terfield very candidly confessed that his own lighter and more graceful way of treating a subject which he understood but superficially ran ...
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... Lord Orrerys , till the present , had been writers . The first wrote several plays ; the second was Bentley's antagonist ; the third wrote the Life of Swift , and several other things ; his son Hamilton wrote some papers in the Ad ...
... Lord Orrerys , till the present , had been writers . The first wrote several plays ; the second was Bentley's antagonist ; the third wrote the Life of Swift , and several other things ; his son Hamilton wrote some papers in the Ad ...
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