The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... affectionate servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " ] " TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . " Bolt - court , 16th June , 1781 . " DEAR SIR , -How welcome your account of yourself and your invitation to your new house was to me , I need not tell you , who ...
... affectionate servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " ] " TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . " Bolt - court , 16th June , 1781 . " DEAR SIR , -How welcome your account of yourself and your invitation to your new house was to me , I need not tell you , who ...
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... affection for worse . [ See ante , vol . iii . pp . 351 and 352 , where , in a better humour , he describes his townsmen as the most civilized people in England . — En . ] you is not diminished ; and my expectation from you 1781. - ETAT ...
... affection for worse . [ See ante , vol . iii . pp . 351 and 352 , where , in a better humour , he describes his townsmen as the most civilized people in England . — En . ] you is not diminished ; and my expectation from you 1781. - ETAT ...
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... affectionate regard for Levett 3 , that he honoured his memory with the following pathetic verses : " Condemn'd to ... affection's eye , Obscurely wise and coarsely kind ; Nor , letter'd arrogance 4 , deny Thy praise to merit unrefined ...
... affectionate regard for Levett 3 , that he honoured his memory with the following pathetic verses : " Condemn'd to ... affection's eye , Obscurely wise and coarsely kind ; Nor , letter'd arrogance 4 , deny Thy praise to merit unrefined ...
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... affection to my dear friend makes me desirous of knowing his state , whatever it be . I beg , therefore , that you continue to let me know , from time to time , all that you observe . " Many fits of severe illness have , for about three ...
... affection to my dear friend makes me desirous of knowing his state , whatever it be . I beg , therefore , that you continue to let me know , from time to time , all that you observe . " Many fits of severe illness have , for about three ...
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... affectionate friend , " SAM . JOHNSON . " [ For the latter half of this month of March he kept the following diary . ] " March 18. - Having been , from the middle of January , distressed by a cold , which made my respiration very ...
... affectionate friend , " SAM . JOHNSON . " [ For the latter half of this month of March he kept the following diary . ] " March 18. - Having been , from the middle of January , distressed by a cold , which made my respiration very ...
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