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 3J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... manner , point out her hard fate . But you will be pleased to keep in mind , that my picture is a representation of a particular scene in her history ; her being forced to resign her crown , while she was im- prisoned in the castle of ...
... manner , point out her hard fate . But you will be pleased to keep in mind , that my picture is a representation of a particular scene in her history ; her being forced to resign her crown , while she was im- prisoned in the castle of ...
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... manners of the people , and the face of the country , are all he attempts to describe , or seems to have thought of . Much were it to be wished , that they who have travelled into more remote , and of course more curious regions , had ...
... manners of the people , and the face of the country , are all he attempts to describe , or seems to have thought of . Much were it to be wished , that they who have travelled into more remote , and of course more curious regions , had ...
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... David , strongly resembling him in countenance and voice , but of more sedate and placid 1 Of his " Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland . ' manners . Johnson informed me , that though Mr. Beauclerk Etat . 66. ] 39 DR . JOHNSON .
... David , strongly resembling him in countenance and voice , but of more sedate and placid 1 Of his " Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland . ' manners . Johnson informed me , that though Mr. Beauclerk Etat . 66. ] 39 DR . JOHNSON .
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... manners . Johnson informed me , that though Mr. Beauclerk was in great pain , it was hoped he was not in danger , and that he now wished to consult Dr. Heberden , to try the effect of a new understanding . " Both at this interview , and ...
... manners . Johnson informed me , that though Mr. Beauclerk was in great pain , it was hoped he was not in danger , and that he now wished to consult Dr. Heberden , to try the effect of a new understanding . " Both at this interview , and ...
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... manners , with whom he maintained a long intimacy , and whose generosity towards him will afterwards appear , that his pension having been given to him as a literary character , he had been applied to by administration to write ...
... manners , with whom he maintained a long intimacy , and whose generosity towards him will afterwards appear , that his pension having been given to him as a literary character , he had been applied to by administration to write ...
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