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Page 68
I therefore send you the poor dear doctor ' s epitaph . Read it first yourself ; and if
you then think it right , show it to the club . I am , you know , willing to be corrected
. If you think any thing much amiss , keep it to yourself till we come together .
I therefore send you the poor dear doctor ' s epitaph . Read it first yourself ; and if
you then think it right , show it to the club . I am , you know , willing to be corrected
. If you think any thing much amiss , keep it to yourself till we come together .
Page 81
What is become of poor Macquarry ? Let me know the event of all these
litigations . I wish particularly well to the negro and sir Allan . “ Mrs . Williams has
been much out of order ; and though she is something better , is likely , in her
physician ...
What is become of poor Macquarry ? Let me know the event of all these
litigations . I wish particularly well to the negro and sir Allan . “ Mrs . Williams has
been much out of order ; and though she is something better , is likely , in her
physician ...
Page 85
You remember poor Goldsmith , when he grew important , and wished to appear
doctor major , ' could not bear your calling him “ Goldy . ' Would it not have been
wrong to have named him so in your Preface to Shakespeare , or in any serious ...
You remember poor Goldsmith , when he grew important , and wished to appear
doctor major , ' could not bear your calling him “ Goldy . ' Would it not have been
wrong to have named him so in your Preface to Shakespeare , or in any serious ...
Page 88
It is excellently written , both as to doctrine and language . Mr . Watson ' s book "
seems to be much esteemed . “ Poor Beauclerk still continues very ill . Langton
lives on as he used to do . His children are very pretty , and I think his lady loses ...
It is excellently written , both as to doctrine and language . Mr . Watson ' s book "
seems to be much esteemed . “ Poor Beauclerk still continues very ill . Langton
lives on as he used to do . His children are very pretty , and I think his lady loses ...
Page 90
You must ask no poor man , because the price is really too high . Yet such a work
deserves patronage . • Johnson is the most common English formation of the
surname from John ; Johnston the Scotch . My illustrious friend observed that
many ...
You must ask no poor man , because the price is really too high . Yet such a work
deserves patronage . • Johnson is the most common English formation of the
surname from John ; Johnston the Scotch . My illustrious friend observed that
many ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 3 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
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