The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... STRAHAN . 3. " " " 4th February , 1782 . “ Dear Madam , -Mrs . Williams showed me your kind letter . This little habitation is now but a melancholy place , clouded with the gloom of disease and death . Of the four inmates , one has been ...
... STRAHAN . 3. " " " 4th February , 1782 . “ Dear Madam , -Mrs . Williams showed me your kind letter . This little habitation is now but a melancholy place , clouded with the gloom of disease and death . Of the four inmates , one has been ...
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... Strahan . The ministry is dissolved . I prayed with Francis , and gave thanks . " To - morrow - To Mrs. Thrale - To write to Hector - To Dr. Taylor . [ A learned Greek ; a friend of Mr. Langton . - ED . ] [ The catalogue referred to was ...
... Strahan . The ministry is dissolved . I prayed with Francis , and gave thanks . " To - morrow - To Mrs. Thrale - To write to Hector - To Dr. Taylor . [ A learned Greek ; a friend of Mr. Langton . - ED . ] [ The catalogue referred to was ...
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... Strahan's . Came home and chatted with Williams , and read Romans ix . in Greek . " To - morrow begin again to read the Bible ; put rooms in order ; copy Lennox's ] letter . At night I read 11 p . and something more , of the Bible , in ...
... Strahan's . Came home and chatted with Williams , and read Romans ix . in Greek . " To - morrow begin again to read the Bible ; put rooms in order ; copy Lennox's ] letter . At night I read 11 p . and something more , of the Bible , in ...
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... Strahan said , it was an extremity which he could not have believed without the sensible and true avouch ' of his own observation . I was indeed almost sinking under it , when Mrs. Williams happened to cry out that such a cough should ...
... Strahan said , it was an extremity which he could not have believed without the sensible and true avouch ' of his own observation . I was indeed almost sinking under it , when Mrs. Williams happened to cry out that such a cough should ...
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... Strahan , a native of Scot- p . 133. land , at his return from the Hebrides asked him , with a firm tone of voice , what he thought of his country ? " That it is a very vile country to be sure , sir ; " returned for answer Dr. Johnson ...
... Strahan , a native of Scot- p . 133. land , at his return from the Hebrides asked him , with a firm tone of voice , what he thought of his country ? " That it is a very vile country to be sure , sir ; " returned for answer Dr. Johnson ...
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