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Please to make my respectful compliments to Lady Rothes , and keep me in the
memory of all the little dear family , particularly Mrs. Jane . I am , sir , your
affectionate humble servant , - SAM , JOHNSON . ” Johnson's charity to the poor
was ...
Please to make my respectful compliments to Lady Rothes , and keep me in the
memory of all the little dear family , particularly Mrs. Jane . I am , sir , your
affectionate humble servant , - SAM , JOHNSON . ” Johnson's charity to the poor
was ...
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4 The lady to whom this letter was addressed , and for whom Dr. Johnson had a
high regard , died in Westminster , at the age of eighty , Nov. 1 , 1807 . MALONE .
( One Sunday evening , at the time he was first declining , Miss Reynolds sent to
...
4 The lady to whom this letter was addressed , and for whom Dr. Johnson had a
high regard , died in Westminster , at the age of eighty , Nov. 1 , 1807 . MALONE .
( One Sunday evening , at the time he was first declining , Miss Reynolds sent to
...
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You , dear sir , have , I hope , a more cheerful scene ; you see George fond of his
book , and the pretty misses airy and lively , with my own little Jenny equal to the
best : and in whatever can contribute to your quiet or pleasure , you have Lady ...
You , dear sir , have , I hope , a more cheerful scene ; you see George fond of his
book , and the pretty misses airy and lively , with my own little Jenny equal to the
best : and in whatever can contribute to your quiet or pleasure , you have Lady ...
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The news run that we have taken seventeen French transports ; that Langton's
lady is lying down with her eighth child , all alive ; and Mrs. Carter's Miss Sharpe
is going to marry a schoolmaster sixty - two years old . " p . 238 . 6 TO MRS .
The news run that we have taken seventeen French transports ; that Langton's
lady is lying down with her eighth child , all alive ; and Mrs. Carter's Miss Sharpe
is going to marry a schoolmaster sixty - two years old . " p . 238 . 6 TO MRS .
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I have an appointment vol , ii . to Miss Monkton , and another with Lady Sheffield
? at Mrs. Way's 3 . “ Two days ago Mr. Cumberland had his third night 4 , which ,
after all expenses , put into his own pocket five pounds . He has lost his plume .
I have an appointment vol , ii . to Miss Monkton , and another with Lady Sheffield
? at Mrs. Way's 3 . “ Two days ago Mr. Cumberland had his third night 4 , which ,
after all expenses , put into his own pocket five pounds . He has lost his plume .
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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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