The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1925 |
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... lady's family , I have received such information and remarks , as joined to my own inquiries , will , I think , render it at least somewhat doubtful , especially when we consider that it must have originated from the person himself who ...
... lady's family , I have received such information and remarks , as joined to my own inquiries , will , I think , render it at least somewhat doubtful , especially when we consider that it must have originated from the person himself who ...
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... Lady Macclesfield was convicted of the crime of which she was accused , cannot be denied ; but the question now is , whether the person calling himself Richard Savage was her son . It has been said , that when Earl Rivers was dying ...
... Lady Macclesfield was convicted of the crime of which she was accused , cannot be denied ; but the question now is , whether the person calling himself Richard Savage was her son . It has been said , that when Earl Rivers was dying ...
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... lady in her sufferings . " JOHNSON . " Nay , don't endeavour to palliate this . Guilt is a principal feature in the picture . Kames is puzzled with a question that puzzled me when I was a very young man . Why is it that the interest of ...
... lady in her sufferings . " JOHNSON . " Nay , don't endeavour to palliate this . Guilt is a principal feature in the picture . Kames is puzzled with a question that puzzled me when I was a very young man . Why is it that the interest of ...
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