The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Authors, English |
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Page xxiv
... hope , and has , therefore , not attempted , to remove ; it is inevitable in the transcript of table - talk so various , so loose , and so extensive ; but he has endeavoured to alleviate it by occasional references to the different ...
... hope , and has , therefore , not attempted , to remove ; it is inevitable in the transcript of table - talk so various , so loose , and so extensive ; but he has endeavoured to alleviate it by occasional references to the different ...
Page xxxviii
... hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this work will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you ...
... hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this work will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you ...
Page xlvi
... hope , read - hoped . 51 , note 2 , -1.7 , . for unpublished , read - published . for 1378 , read - 1738 . 125 , note , 174 , note , • 178 , 184 , note 2 , · · add , The London Magazine for February states that Irene was then acting ...
... hope , read - hoped . 51 , note 2 , -1.7 , . for unpublished , read - published . for 1378 , read - 1738 . 125 , note , 174 , note , • 178 , 184 , note 2 , · · add , The London Magazine for February states that Irene was then acting ...
Page liv
... hope for impartiality , but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We ...
... hope for impartiality , but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We ...
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... mother said , because my cough was violent . The hope of saving a few shillings was no slight motive ; for she , not having [ To the Pretender . - ED . ] of Life , been accustomed to money , was afraid 16 1712. - ETAT . 4 .
... mother said , because my cough was violent . The hope of saving a few shillings was no slight motive ; for she , not having [ To the Pretender . - ED . ] of Life , been accustomed to money , was afraid 16 1712. - ETAT . 4 .
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