The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... Sir , your most humble servant , 59 that I " May 10 , 1774. " " SAM . JOHNSON . MR . BOSWELL TO DR . JOHNSON . " Edinburgh , May 12 , 1774 . " LORD HAILES has begged of me to offer you his best respects , and to transmit to you ...
... Sir , your most humble servant , 59 that I " May 10 , 1774. " " SAM . JOHNSON . MR . BOSWELL TO DR . JOHNSON . " Edinburgh , May 12 , 1774 . " LORD HAILES has begged of me to offer you his best respects , and to transmit to you ...
Page 60
... Lord Hailes otherwise than with high respect . I return the sheets , to which I have done what mischief I could ; and finding it so little , thought not much of sending them . The narrative is clear , lively , and short . 3 " I have ...
... Lord Hailes otherwise than with high respect . I return the sheets , to which I have done what mischief I could ; and finding it so little , thought not much of sending them . The narrative is clear , lively , and short . 3 " I have ...
Page 62
... Sir , your affectionate , humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " July 5 , 1774. " " TO MR . ROBERT LEVETT . " Llewenny , in Denbighshire , " August 16 , 1774 . " DEAR ... LORD HAILES 63 prisoned in the castle of 62 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... Sir , your affectionate , humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " July 5 , 1774. " " TO MR . ROBERT LEVETT . " Llewenny , in Denbighshire , " August 16 , 1774 . " DEAR ... LORD HAILES 63 prisoned in the castle of 62 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
Page 63
... Lord Hailes's Annals of Scotland , ' are excellent . I agreed with you on every one of them . He himself objected ... Lord Hailes writes to me thus : ' Mr. Boswell will be pleased to express the grateful sense which Sir David Dalrymple ...
... Lord Hailes's Annals of Scotland , ' are excellent . I agreed with you on every one of them . He himself objected ... Lord Hailes writes to me thus : ' Mr. Boswell will be pleased to express the grateful sense which Sir David Dalrymple ...
Page 64
... Lord Hailes's ' Annals , ' which I will consider . I am in haste to give you some account of myself , lest you ... Lord Hailes does not intend to publish Walton am afraid it will not be done so well , if it be done at all . ༞ I " I ...
... Lord Hailes's ' Annals , ' which I will consider . I am in haste to give you some account of myself , lest you ... Lord Hailes does not intend to publish Walton am afraid it will not be done so well , if it be done at all . ༞ I " I ...
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