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Page 158
... soon to give you " The Life of Robert Bruce , " which you will be pleased to transmit to Dr. Johnson . I wish that you could assist me in a fancy which I have taken , of getting Dr. Johnson to draw a character of Robert Bruce , from the ...
... soon to give you " The Life of Robert Bruce , " which you will be pleased to transmit to Dr. Johnson . I wish that you could assist me in a fancy which I have taken , of getting Dr. Johnson to draw a character of Robert Bruce , from the ...
Page 198
... soon got into conversation ; for it was very remarkable of Johnson , that the presence of a stranger had no restraint upon his talk . I observed that Garrick , who was about to quit the stage , would soon have an easier life . JOHNSON ...
... soon got into conversation ; for it was very remarkable of Johnson , that the presence of a stranger had no restraint upon his talk . I observed that Garrick , who was about to quit the stage , would soon have an easier life . JOHNSON ...
Page 323
... soon it in general wears away . Dr. Taylor mentioned a gentleman of the neighbourhood as the only instance he had ever known of a person who had endeavoured to retain grief . He told Dr. Taylor , that after his Lady's death , which ...
... soon it in general wears away . Dr. Taylor mentioned a gentleman of the neighbourhood as the only instance he had ever known of a person who had endeavoured to retain grief . He told Dr. Taylor , that after his Lady's death , which ...
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