The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 - Authors, English |
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... leaving the press to take another jour- ney into Wales , whither Mr. Thrale is going , to take possession of , at least , five hundred a year , fallen to his lady . All at Streatham , that are alive , are well . " I have never recovered ...
... leaving the press to take another jour- ney into Wales , whither Mr. Thrale is going , to take possession of , at least , five hundred a year , fallen to his lady . All at Streatham , that are alive , are well . " I have never recovered ...
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... leaves of the Annals , which I hope you will peruse , and return with observ- ations , as you did upon the former occasion . Lord Hailes writes to me thus : Mr. Boswell will be pleas- ed to express the grateful sense which Sir David Dal ...
... leaves of the Annals , which I hope you will peruse , and return with observ- ations , as you did upon the former occasion . Lord Hailes writes to me thus : Mr. Boswell will be pleas- ed to express the grateful sense which Sir David Dal ...
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... ESQ . " YESTERDAY I returned from my Welsh journey . I was sorry to leave my book suspended so long ; but hav- ing an opportunity of seeing , with so much convenience , a new part of the island , I could not Etat . 65. ] DR . JOHNSON .
... ESQ . " YESTERDAY I returned from my Welsh journey . I was sorry to leave my book suspended so long ; but hav- ing an opportunity of seeing , with so much convenience , a new part of the island , I could not Etat . 65. ] DR . JOHNSON .
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... leave to send your servant to purchase me a shilling one . I'll have a double quanti- . ty ; for I am told Foote means to take me off , as he calls it , and I am determined the fellow shall not do it with impunity . " Davies took care ...
... leave to send your servant to purchase me a shilling one . I'll have a double quanti- . ty ; for I am told Foote means to take me off , as he calls it , and I am determined the fellow shall not do it with impunity . " Davies took care ...
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... leaves of it in my possession , marked with corrections in his own hand- writing . I shall distinguish them by Italicks . In the paragraph where he says , the Americans were incited to resistance by European intelligence from 66 men ...
... leaves of it in my possession , marked with corrections in his own hand- writing . I shall distinguish them by Italicks . In the paragraph where he says , the Americans were incited to resistance by European intelligence from 66 men ...
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