The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Authors, English |
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Page xvii
... answer : though the same in- quiry was afterwards , on his behalf , repeated by Sir Walter Scott , whose influence might have been ex- pected to have produced a more satisfactory result ' . But the editor was more fortunate in other ...
... answer : though the same in- quiry was afterwards , on his behalf , repeated by Sir Walter Scott , whose influence might have been ex- pected to have produced a more satisfactory result ' . But the editor was more fortunate in other ...
Page xxiii
... answer some inquiries with which it was found necessary to trouble them . How the editor may have arranged all these mate- rials , and availed himself of so much assistance , it is not for him to decide . Situated as he was when he ...
... answer some inquiries with which it was found necessary to trouble them . How the editor may have arranged all these mate- rials , and availed himself of so much assistance , it is not for him to decide . Situated as he was when he ...
Page xli
... answer , with a grunt , " I came as fast as I could ; " upon which the duke calmly said , " Cadogan , I would not for a thousand pounds have that fellow's temper . " There are some men , I believe , who have , or think they have , a ...
... answer , with a grunt , " I came as fast as I could ; " upon which the duke calmly said , " Cadogan , I would not for a thousand pounds have that fellow's temper . " There are some men , I believe , who have , or think they have , a ...
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... answered , “ all the town now . " He feasted the citizens with un- common magnificence , and was the last but one that maintained the splendour of the Riding . ] His mother was Sarah Ford , descended of an ancient race of sub- Piozzi ...
... answered , “ all the town now . " He feasted the citizens with un- common magnificence , and was the last but one that maintained the splendour of the Riding . ] His mother was Sarah Ford , descended of an ancient race of sub- Piozzi ...
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... answered that Mrs. Cobb had not only never told such a story , but that she had not even ever heard of it .— ( Gent . Mag . vol . 63 , p . 1009. ) It is painful to have to add , that notwithstanding this denial , Miss Seward persisted ...
... answered that Mrs. Cobb had not only never told such a story , but that she had not even ever heard of it .— ( Gent . Mag . vol . 63 , p . 1009. ) It is painful to have to add , that notwithstanding this denial , Miss Seward persisted ...
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