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 38
... hands on ; my veneration for your great and good friend , Dr. Johnson , and the pride , or I hope something of a better sentiment , which I indulge in possessing such memorials of his good will towards me , having induced me to bind ...
... hands on ; my veneration for your great and good friend , Dr. Johnson , and the pride , or I hope something of a better sentiment , which I indulge in possessing such memorials of his good will towards me , having induced me to bind ...
Page 39
... hands . Allow me with this offering , to infer from it a proof of the very great esteem with which I have the honour to profess myself , Sir , your , & c . WARREN HASTINGS . " P.S. At some future time , and when you have no further ...
... hands . Allow me with this offering , to infer from it a proof of the very great esteem with which I have the honour to profess myself , Sir , your , & c . WARREN HASTINGS . " P.S. At some future time , and when you have no further ...
Page 40
... hands , and which has already appeared in public , belongs to this year ; but I shall previously insert the first two in the order of their dates . They altogether form a grand group in my biographical picture . LETTER 393. TO THE ...
... hands , and which has already appeared in public , belongs to this year ; but I shall previously insert the first two in the order of their dates . They altogether form a grand group in my biographical picture . LETTER 393. TO THE ...
Page 53
... hands of Lord Chesterfield and Lord Granville , that they might revise it . Now how absurd was it to suppose that two such noblemen would revise so big a manuscript . Poor man ! he left London the day of the publication of his book ...
... hands of Lord Chesterfield and Lord Granville , that they might revise it . Now how absurd was it to suppose that two such noblemen would revise so big a manuscript . Poor man ! he left London the day of the publication of his book ...
Page 62
... hands of Him who knows when to give and when to take away , who will look upon us with mercy through all our vari- ations of existence , and who invites us to call on him in the day of trouble . Call upon him in this great revo- lution ...
... hands of Him who knows when to give and when to take away , who will look upon us with mercy through all our vari- ations of existence , and who invites us to call on him in the day of trouble . Call upon him in this great revo- lution ...
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