The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order : a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons : and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published : the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century, During which He Flourished : in Two Volumes, Volume 2Henry Baldwin, 1791 - Authors, English |
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... late Bishop , whom I was to affist in writing some memoirs of his Lordship , could tell me almost nothing . " I said , Mr. Robert Dodney's life should be written , as he had been so much connected with the wits of his time , and by his ...
... late Bishop , whom I was to affist in writing some memoirs of his Lordship , could tell me almost nothing . " I said , Mr. Robert Dodney's life should be written , as he had been so much connected with the wits of his time , and by his ...
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... . ” Mr. Seward and Mr. Pearson , another clergyman here , supt with us at our inn , and after they left us , we sat up late as we used to do in London . Herc 1776 . Ætat . 67 . ) > 1 ) 40 Τ THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... . ” Mr. Seward and Mr. Pearson , another clergyman here , supt with us at our inn , and after they left us , we sat up late as we used to do in London . Herc 1776 . Ætat . 67 . ) > 1 ) 40 Τ THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
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... late ; he was a scholar , and an agreeable man , and lived very prettily in London , till his wife died . After her death , he took to disipation and gaming and lost all he had . One evening he lost a thousand pounds to a gentleman ...
... late ; he was a scholar , and an agreeable man , and lived very prettily in London , till his wife died . After her death , he took to disipation and gaming and lost all he had . One evening he lost a thousand pounds to a gentleman ...
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... late for the afternoon service . Thrale faid , he had come with intention to go to church with us . We went at seven to evening prayers at St. Clement's church , after having drank coffee ; an indulgence , which I understood Johnson ...
... late for the afternoon service . Thrale faid , he had come with intention to go to church with us . We went at seven to evening prayers at St. Clement's church , after having drank coffee ; an indulgence , which I understood Johnson ...
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... late become very fond of dress , fat hours together at her toilet , and even put on rouge ; -Johnson . “ She is better employed at her toilet than using her pen . It is better she should be reddening her own cheeks , than blackening ...
... late become very fond of dress , fat hours together at her toilet , and even put on rouge ; -Johnson . “ She is better employed at her toilet than using her pen . It is better she should be reddening her own cheeks , than blackening ...
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