The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... Dear sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable Tour , which I found here on my return from the country , and in which you have depicted our friend so perfectly to my fancy ...
... Dear sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable Tour , which I found here on my return from the country , and in which you have depicted our friend so perfectly to my fancy ...
Page 56
... DEAR SIR , -I am sorry to see you are engaged in altercation with a lady , who seems unwilling to be convinced of her errours . Surely it would be more in- genuous to acknowledge than to persevere . " " ' Lately , in looking over some ...
... DEAR SIR , -I am sorry to see you are engaged in altercation with a lady , who seems unwilling to be convinced of her errours . Surely it would be more in- genuous to acknowledge than to persevere . " " ' Lately , in looking over some ...
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... DEAR SIR , -I had the favour of yours , and am ex- tremely obliged to you ; but I cannot say I had a greater affection for you upon it than I had before , being long since so much endeared to you , as well by an early friend- ship as by ...
... DEAR SIR , -I had the favour of yours , and am ex- tremely obliged to you ; but I cannot say I had a greater affection for you upon it than I had before , being long since so much endeared to you , as well by an early friend- ship as by ...
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... dear old friend . There is one passage in the original , better transfused by Oldham than by Johnson : Nil habet ... SIR , -When I took the liberty of writing to you a few days ago , I did not expect a repetition of the same ...
... dear old friend . There is one passage in the original , better transfused by Oldham than by Johnson : Nil habet ... SIR , -When I took the liberty of writing to you a few days ago , I did not expect a repetition of the same ...
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... DEAR SIR , —You may remember I have formerly talked with you about a military dictionary . The eldest Mr. Mac- bean , who was with Mr. Chambers , has very good materials for such a work , which I have seen , and will do it at a very low ...
... DEAR SIR , —You may remember I have formerly talked with you about a military dictionary . The eldest Mr. Mac- bean , who was with Mr. Chambers , has very good materials for such a work , which I have seen , and will do it at a very low ...
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