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 2National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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... heard him swear or talk bawdy . " Mr. Davies , who sat next to Dr. Percy , having after this had some conversation aside with him , made a discovery which , in his zeal to pay court to Dr. Johnson , he eagerly proclaimed aloud from the ...
... heard him swear or talk bawdy . " Mr. Davies , who sat next to Dr. Percy , having after this had some conversation aside with him , made a discovery which , in his zeal to pay court to Dr. Johnson , he eagerly proclaimed aloud from the ...
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... heard him mention the subject ; but at a later period of his life , when Sir Joshua Reynolds told him that Mr. Edmund Burke had said , that if he had come early into Parliament , he certainly would have been the greatest speaker that ...
... heard him mention the subject ; but at a later period of his life , when Sir Joshua Reynolds told him that Mr. Edmund Burke had said , that if he had come early into Parliament , he certainly would have been the greatest speaker that ...
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... heard she is now gone mad . " BOSWELL : " It is amazing how a mimic can not only give you the gestures and voice of a person whom he repre- sents ; but even what a person would say on any particular subject . ' JOHNSON : " Why , Sir ...
... heard she is now gone mad . " BOSWELL : " It is amazing how a mimic can not only give you the gestures and voice of a person whom he repre- sents ; but even what a person would say on any particular subject . ' JOHNSON : " Why , Sir ...
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Johnson introduced to George III Visits LichfieldDeath of Catherine Cham | 30 |
1769 | 50 |
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