The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 9Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
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... Anecdotes and Sayings , gathered from nearly a hundred different public- ations ; which could not have been produced as notes to Boswell , without overloading and perplexing his pages , but which are essential to the com- pletion of the ...
... Anecdotes and Sayings , gathered from nearly a hundred different public- ations ; which could not have been produced as notes to Boswell , without overloading and perplexing his pages , but which are essential to the com- pletion of the ...
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... Streatham Gallery , passed into the hands of that accomplished lover of art and literature , Samuel Boddington , Esq . , and which was never before engraved . JOHNSONIANA CONTENTS ANECDOTES AND SAYINGS OF JOHNSON : PART I. vi NOTICE.
... Streatham Gallery , passed into the hands of that accomplished lover of art and literature , Samuel Boddington , Esq . , and which was never before engraved . JOHNSONIANA CONTENTS ANECDOTES AND SAYINGS OF JOHNSON : PART I. vi NOTICE.
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... ANECDOTES AND SAYINGS OF JOHNSON : PART I. BY MRS . PIOZZI II . SIR JOHN HAWKINS J. HOOLE , ESQ . VI . MISS REYNOLDS VII . MR . CUMBERLAND THOMAS TYERS , ESQ . GEORGE STEEVENS , ESQ . MR . GREEN , OF LICHFIELD REV . MR . PARKER WILLIAM ...
... ANECDOTES AND SAYINGS OF JOHNSON : PART I. BY MRS . PIOZZI II . SIR JOHN HAWKINS J. HOOLE , ESQ . VI . MISS REYNOLDS VII . MR . CUMBERLAND THOMAS TYERS , ESQ . GEORGE STEEVENS , ESQ . MR . GREEN , OF LICHFIELD REV . MR . PARKER WILLIAM ...
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... ANECDOTES OF DR . JOHNSON , BY MRS . PIOZZI . [ Published in 1785. ] 1. Introductory . I AM aware that many will say , I have not spoken highly enough of Dr. Johnson ; but it will be difficult for those who say so , to speak more highly ...
... ANECDOTES OF DR . JOHNSON , BY MRS . PIOZZI . [ Published in 1785. ] 1. Introductory . I AM aware that many will say , I have not spoken highly enough of Dr. Johnson ; but it will be difficult for those who say so , to speak more highly ...
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... anecdotes ; parti- cularly , that when he was almost perishing with hunger , and some money was produced to purchase him a dinner , he got a bit of roast beef , but could not eat it without catchup , and laid out the last half - guinea ...
... anecdotes ; parti- cularly , that when he was almost perishing with hunger , and some money was produced to purchase him a dinner , he got a bit of roast beef , but could not eat it without catchup , and laid out the last half - guinea ...
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acquaintance ANECDOTES OF DR answer antè appeared asked believe better Bolt Court Boswell Brocklesby Burke Burney called character conversation David Garrick dear death delight desired dinner Doctor dress Edmund Burke expressed eyes favour favourite fear Frank Frank Barber Garrick gentleman give hand Hawkins hear heard honour Hoole hope human Jeremiah Markland kind knew lady Langton laugh learning Lichfield lived look Lord loved Lucy Porter Madam manner Markland mentioned mind morning Nathaniel Hodges nature never observed occasion once opinion pain Percy perhaps person pleased pleasure Poets praise recollect remember repeated replied Samuel Johnson Sastres says Johnson seemed Shakspeare Sir John Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds speak spoke story Strahan Streatham suppose sure talk tell thing thought Thrale tion told took verses virtue wish words write young