The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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... hand - writing , partly in that of another person ; and there follows a leaf or two on which are written a number of characters which have the appear- ance of a short hand , which , perhaps , Johnson was then trying to learn . ' SIR ...
... hand - writing , partly in that of another person ; and there follows a leaf or two on which are written a number of characters which have the appear- ance of a short hand , which , perhaps , Johnson was then trying to learn . ' SIR ...
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... hand - writing , from the original , which was found , by the present Earl of Bute , ` among his father's papers . ' TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF BUTE ' MY LORD , " THAT generosity by which I was recommended to the favour of his ...
... hand - writing , from the original , which was found , by the present Earl of Bute , ` among his father's papers . ' TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF BUTE ' MY LORD , " THAT generosity by which I was recommended to the favour of his ...
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... hand . It is almost needless to add , that I felt no little elation at having now so happily established an acquaintance of which I had been so long ambitious . My readers will , I trust , excuse me for being thus minutely ...
... hand . It is almost needless to add , that I felt no little elation at having now so happily established an acquaintance of which I had been so long ambitious . My readers will , I trust , excuse me for being thus minutely ...
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