The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Page 93
... received good advice . To that friend he once signified a wish to have his pension secured to him for his life ; but he neither asked nor received from government any re- ward whatsoever for his political labours . On Friday , March 24 ...
... received good advice . To that friend he once signified a wish to have his pension secured to him for his life ; but he neither asked nor received from government any re- ward whatsoever for his political labours . On Friday , March 24 ...
Page 290
... received from Johnson on Christmas - eve , a note in which was the following paragraph : — " I have read over Dr. Blair's first sermon with more than approbation ; to say it is good , is to say too little . " I believe Mr. Strahan had ...
... received from Johnson on Christmas - eve , a note in which was the following paragraph : — " I have read over Dr. Blair's first sermon with more than approbation ; to say it is good , is to say too little . " I believe Mr. Strahan had ...
Page 391
... received , told me , that when he was a boy at the Charterhouse , his father wrote to him to go and pay a visit to Mr. Samuel Johnson , which he accordingly did , and found him in an upper room , of poor appearance . Johnson received ...
... received , told me , that when he was a boy at the Charterhouse , his father wrote to him to go and pay a visit to Mr. Samuel Johnson , which he accordingly did , and found him in an upper room , of poor appearance . Johnson received ...
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