The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 8Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
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Page 47
... Sir , there are people whom one should like very well to drop , but would not wish to be dropped by . " He certainly was vain of the society of ladies , and could make himself very agreeable to them when he chose it : Sir Joshua ...
... Sir , there are people whom one should like very well to drop , but would not wish to be dropped by . " He certainly was vain of the society of ladies , and could make himself very agreeable to them when he chose it : Sir Joshua ...
Page 51
... Sir Joshua Reynolds at the time when it was writ- ten . It bears the genuine marks of Johnson's best manner , and is as follows : " The Reverend Mr. Zachariah Mudge , prebendary of Exeter , and vicar of St. Andrew's in Plymouth ; a man ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds at the time when it was writ- ten . It bears the genuine marks of Johnson's best manner , and is as follows : " The Reverend Mr. Zachariah Mudge , prebendary of Exeter , and vicar of St. Andrew's in Plymouth ; a man ...
Page 52
... Joshua Reynolds's , with the Earl of Charlemont , Sir Annesley Stewart , Mr. Eliot of Port - Eliot , Mr. Burke ... Lord Chesterfield , for whom the celebrated Letters were written , and is frequently mentioned in them . Mr. Harte was ...
... Joshua Reynolds's , with the Earl of Charlemont , Sir Annesley Stewart , Mr. Eliot of Port - Eliot , Mr. Burke ... Lord Chesterfield , for whom the celebrated Letters were written , and is frequently mentioned in them . Mr. Harte was ...
Page 59
... Sir Joshua Reynolds and the other gentlemen will excuse his incompliance with the call , when they are told that Mr. Thrale died this morning . " Johnson was in the house , and thus mentions the event : " Good Friday , April 13th , 1781 ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds and the other gentlemen will excuse his incompliance with the call , when they are told that Mr. Thrale died this morning . " Johnson was in the house , and thus mentions the event : " Good Friday , April 13th , 1781 ...
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... Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Be- renger , and some more company . He had dined the day before at another bishop's . I have unfor- tunately recorded none of his conversation at the bishop's where we dined together : but I have pre- served ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Be- renger , and some more company . He had dined the day before at another bishop's . I have unfor- tunately recorded none of his conversation at the bishop's where we dined together : but I have pre- served ...
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