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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... letters , though not written till the year after , being chiefly upon the same subject , are here inserted : - " TO MR . WILLIAM DRUMMOND . " DEAR SIR , " Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , April 21 , 1767 . " That my letter should ...
... letters , though not written till the year after , being chiefly upon the same subject , are here inserted : - " TO MR . WILLIAM DRUMMOND . " DEAR SIR , " Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , April 21 , 1767 . " That my letter should ...
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... letter , and enclose a fifty pound note , I should take care to deliver it . He accordingly did write him a letter , mentioning that he was only paying a legacy a little sooner . To his letter he added , ' P.S. I am going to part with ...
... letter , and enclose a fifty pound note , I should take care to deliver it . He accordingly did write him a letter , mentioning that he was only paying a legacy a little sooner . To his letter he added , ' P.S. I am going to part with ...
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... letter to Mrs. Thrale , whom in that letter he thus scolds for the grossness of her flattery of him . " The other Oxford news is , that they have sent me a degree of Doctor of Laws , with such praises in the diploma as perhaps ought to ...
... letter to Mrs. Thrale , whom in that letter he thus scolds for the grossness of her flattery of him . " The other Oxford news is , that they have sent me a degree of Doctor of Laws , with such praises in the diploma as perhaps ought to ...
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Johnson introduced to George III Visits LichfieldDeath of Catherine Cham | 30 |
1769 | 50 |
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