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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... servants , and distributed out , every day , eight quarts , which is the quantity each day at one hogshead in a month ; and told his servants , that if that did not suffice , he would allow them more : but , by this method , it appeared ...
... servants , and distributed out , every day , eight quarts , which is the quantity each day at one hogshead in a month ; and told his servants , that if that did not suffice , he would allow them more : but , by this method , it appeared ...
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... servant , " SIR , 66 " TO JOSEPH BANKS , ESQ . 66 ' Perpetua ambitâ bis terrâ præmia lactis Hæc habet altrici Capra secunda Jovis . " 1 66 Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , February 27 , 1772 . " I return thanks to you and to Dr ...
... servant , " SIR , 66 " TO JOSEPH BANKS , ESQ . 66 ' Perpetua ambitâ bis terrâ præmia lactis Hæc habet altrici Capra secunda Jovis . " 1 66 Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , February 27 , 1772 . " I return thanks to you and to Dr ...
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... servant will attend you thither , and bring the petition home when you have it . 66 The petition which they are to give us , is a form which they deliver to every petitioner , and which the petitioner is afterwards to fill up , and ...
... servant will attend you thither , and bring the petition home when you have it . 66 The petition which they are to give us , is a form which they deliver to every petitioner , and which the petitioner is afterwards to fill up , and ...
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Johnson introduced to George III Visits LichfieldDeath of Catherine Cham | 30 |
1769 | 50 |
17701771 | 76 |
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| Title | 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 ..., Volume 2 National illustrated library 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, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | National ilustrated library, 1851 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 10 Mar 2008 |
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