The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1931 |
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... Lordship , and applied to him of myself , without being commissioned by Johnson . His Lordship behaved in the most polite and obliging manner , promised to tell all he recollected about Pope , and was so very courteous as to say ...
... Lordship , and applied to him of myself , without being commissioned by Johnson . His Lordship behaved in the most polite and obliging manner , promised to tell all he recollected about Pope , and was so very courteous as to say ...
Page 372
... Lordship . We were , by a great majority , clear for the experiment . Upon which his Lordship very gravely , and with a courteous air said , " Pray , Sir , is it true that you are taking lessons of Vestris ? " This was risking a good ...
... Lordship . We were , by a great majority , clear for the experiment . Upon which his Lordship very gravely , and with a courteous air said , " Pray , Sir , is it true that you are taking lessons of Vestris ? " This was risking a good ...
Page 559
... Lordship's offer raises in me not less wonder than gratitude . Bounty , so liberally bestowed , I should gladly ... Lordship should be told of it by Sir Joshua Reynolds , as an event very uncertain ; for if I grew much better , I should ...
... Lordship's offer raises in me not less wonder than gratitude . Bounty , so liberally bestowed , I should gladly ... Lordship should be told of it by Sir Joshua Reynolds , as an event very uncertain ; for if I grew much better , I should ...
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