The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Bickers and Son, 1874 - Authors, English |
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... conversation , your true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged hospitality ... conversations with many eminent persons , a series of his letters to celebrated men , and several original pieces of ...
... conversation , your true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged hospitality ... conversations with many eminent persons , a series of his letters to celebrated men , and several original pieces of ...
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... conversation in an authentick and lively manner , which opinion . the Publick has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my purpose of producing the whole of my stores . In one respect this work will in some ...
... conversation in an authentick and lively manner , which opinion . the Publick has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my purpose of producing the whole of my stores . In one respect this work will in some ...
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... conversation . He was very well informed of my intention , and communicated to me a thousand particulars , from his earliest years up- wards . " - ( Nich . Illus . , vii . 303. ) February , 1788 , he was writing to Percy that he had ...
... conversation . He was very well informed of my intention , and communicated to me a thousand particulars , from his earliest years up- wards . " - ( Nich . Illus . , vii . 303. ) February , 1788 , he was writing to Percy that he had ...
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... conversation , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenor of ...
... conversation , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenor of ...
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... May 16 , 1763 , and continued until Johnson's death , in Dec. , 1784 , a period of nearly twenty - two years . Finding that a seat next Johnson recording his conversation , of which the extraordinary vigour and I THE LIFE ...
... May 16 , 1763 , and continued until Johnson's death , in Dec. , 1784 , a period of nearly twenty - two years . Finding that a seat next Johnson recording his conversation , of which the extraordinary vigour and I THE LIFE ...
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