The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 |
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... humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . Such intercession was too powerful to be resisted , and Mr. Lowe's performance was admitted at Somerset - house . The subject , as I recollect , was the Deluge , at that point of time when the water ...
... humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . Such intercession was too powerful to be resisted , and Mr. Lowe's performance was admitted at Somerset - house . The subject , as I recollect , was the Deluge , at that point of time when the water ...
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... very generally known , and it adds dignity to the institution that such men are candidates . I am , Sir , " Your most humble servant , " May 2 , 1783. " " SAM . JOHNSON . be in Parliament , Sir . " JOHNSON . " 24 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... very generally known , and it adds dignity to the institution that such men are candidates . I am , Sir , " Your most humble servant , " May 2 , 1783. " " SAM . JOHNSON . be in Parliament , Sir . " JOHNSON . " 24 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
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... humble servant . ' You are not his most humble servant . You may say , ' These are sad times ; it is a melancholy thing to be reserved to such times . ' You don't mind the times . You tell a man , I am sorry you had such bad weather the ...
... humble servant . ' You are not his most humble servant . You may say , ' These are sad times ; it is a melancholy thing to be reserved to such times . ' You don't mind the times . You tell a man , I am sorry you had such bad weather the ...
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... humble servant , " London , May 31 , 1783. " " SAM . JOHNSON . The following is another instance of his active benevolence : To Sir JOSHUA Reynolds . " DEAR SIR , —I have sent you some of my god - son's perform- ances , of which I do ...
... humble servant , " London , May 31 , 1783. " " SAM . JOHNSON . The following is another instance of his active benevolence : To Sir JOSHUA Reynolds . " DEAR SIR , —I have sent you some of my god - son's perform- ances , of which I do ...
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... humble servant , " June 2 , 1783. " " SAM . JOHNSON . My anxious apprehensions at parting with him this year proved to be but too well founded ; for not long afterwards he had a dread- ful stroke of the palsy , of which there are very ...
... humble servant , " June 2 , 1783. " " SAM . JOHNSON . My anxious apprehensions at parting with him this year proved to be but too well founded ; for not long afterwards he had a dread- ful stroke of the palsy , of which there are very ...
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