The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... late in the evening , and sat with Mrs. Williams till he came home . I found in the " London Chronicle , " Dr. Goldsmith's apology to the public for beating Evans , a bookseller , on account of a paragraph in a newspaper published by ...
... late in the evening , and sat with Mrs. Williams till he came home . I found in the " London Chronicle , " Dr. Goldsmith's apology to the public for beating Evans , a bookseller , on account of a paragraph in a newspaper published by ...
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... late hour . I told him that Mrs. Macaulay said , she wondered how he could reconcile his political principles with his moral ; his notions of inequality and subordination with wishing well to the happiness of all mankind , who might ...
... late hour . I told him that Mrs. Macaulay said , she wondered how he could reconcile his political principles with his moral ; his notions of inequality and subordination with wishing well to the happiness of all mankind , who might ...
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... late learned and pious John Loveday , Esq . , of Caversham in Berkshire , who obligingly transcribed them for me from the originals in his possession . This worthy gentle- man , having retired from business , now lives in Warwickshire ...
... late learned and pious John Loveday , Esq . , of Caversham in Berkshire , who obligingly transcribed them for me from the originals in his possession . This worthy gentle- man , having retired from business , now lives in Warwickshire ...
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... late political Publications . " It appeared previous to his " Taxation no Tyranny , " and was written by Dr. Joseph Towers . In that performance , Dr. Johnson was treated with the respect due to so eminent a man , while his conduct as a ...
... late political Publications . " It appeared previous to his " Taxation no Tyranny , " and was written by Dr. Joseph Towers . In that performance , Dr. Johnson was treated with the respect due to so eminent a man , while his conduct as a ...
Page 98
... late Mr. Henderson the actor , who , though a good mimic of some persons , did not represent Johnson correctly . B. See " Prosodia Rationalis ; or , an Essay towards establishing the Melody and Measure of Speech , to be expressed and ...
... late Mr. Henderson the actor , who , though a good mimic of some persons , did not represent Johnson correctly . B. See " Prosodia Rationalis ; or , an Essay towards establishing the Melody and Measure of Speech , to be expressed and ...
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