The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 - Authors, English |
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... ladies of high rank of his acquaintance , and the instances of their good nature to him , which he seems to hint were due to his own irresistible attractions . One of these was Lady Diana Beauclerk - the divorced Lady Bolingbroke and ...
... ladies of high rank of his acquaintance , and the instances of their good nature to him , which he seems to hint were due to his own irresistible attractions . One of these was Lady Diana Beauclerk - the divorced Lady Bolingbroke and ...
Page 105
... Lady Macclesfield is said to have been divorced from her husband , by Act of Parliament , had a peculiar anxiety about the child which she bore to him , it is alledged , that his Lordship gave him his own name , and had it duly recorded ...
... Lady Macclesfield is said to have been divorced from her husband , by Act of Parliament , had a peculiar anxiety about the child which she bore to him , it is alledged , that his Lordship gave him his own name , and had it duly recorded ...
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... Lady Macclesfield , he was therefore repulsed by her with just resentment . There is a strong circumstance in support of the last supposition , though it has been mentioned as an aggravation of Lady Maccles- field's unnatural conduct ...
... Lady Macclesfield , he was therefore repulsed by her with just resentment . There is a strong circumstance in support of the last supposition , though it has been mentioned as an aggravation of Lady Maccles- field's unnatural conduct ...
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