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... illustrious painter and most amiable man , I am happy to introduce it . - DEAR
SIR , " TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . “ 230 June , 1781 . It was not before
yesterday that I received , your splendid benefaction . To a hand so liberal in
distributing ...
... illustrious painter and most amiable man , I am happy to introduce it . - DEAR
SIR , " TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . “ 230 June , 1781 . It was not before
yesterday that I received , your splendid benefaction . To a hand so liberal in
distributing ...
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I wish both you many years , and very happy . “ For some months past I have
been so withdrawn from the world , that I can send you nothing particular . All
your friends , however , are well , and will be glad of your return to London . I am ,
dear ...
I wish both you many years , and very happy . “ For some months past I have
been so withdrawn from the world , that I can send you nothing particular . All
your friends , however , are well , and will be glad of your return to London . I am ,
dear ...
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To be sick , and to see nothing but sickness and death , is but a gloomy state : but
I hope better times , even in this world , will come , and whatever this world may
withhold or give , we shall be happy in a better state . Pray for me , my dear Lucy
...
To be sick , and to see nothing but sickness and death , is but a gloomy state : but
I hope better times , even in this world , will come , and whatever this world may
withhold or give , we shall be happy in a better state . Pray for me , my dear Lucy
...
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I hope , when we meet again , we shall congratulate each other upon fair
prospects of longer life ; though what are the pleasures of the longest life , when
placed in comparison with a happy death ? I am , dear sir , yours most
affectionately ...
I hope , when we meet again , we shall congratulate each other upon fair
prospects of longer life ; though what are the pleasures of the longest life , when
placed in comparison with a happy death ? I am , dear sir , yours most
affectionately ...
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How happy would it be if we could see one another , and be all tolerably well . “
Let us pray for one another . I am , dearest ladies , your most obliged and most
humble servant , “ SAM , JOHNSON . ” “ DR . JOHNSON TO MISS REYNOLDS .
How happy would it be if we could see one another , and be all tolerably well . “
Let us pray for one another . I am , dearest ladies , your most obliged and most
humble servant , “ SAM , JOHNSON . ” “ DR . JOHNSON TO MISS REYNOLDS .
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 5 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, John Wilson Croker |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Editor | John Wilson Croker |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1831 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 9 Aug 2016 |
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