The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... received . your splendid benefaction . To a hand so liberal in distri- buting , I hope nobody will envy the power of ... receiving from her a copy of her " Essay on Taste , " privately printed , but never published . Reyn . MSS . [ " DR ...
... received . your splendid benefaction . To a hand so liberal in distri- buting , I hope nobody will envy the power of ... receiving from her a copy of her " Essay on Taste , " privately printed , but never published . Reyn . MSS . [ " DR ...
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... received from him , as a relick of so estimable a writer . This was in 1755. In 1760 , when Dr. Burney visited Dr ... receiving instead of an autograph a few bristles of a broom is too absurd ; and that Dr. Burney should not have ...
... received from him , as a relick of so estimable a writer . This was in 1755. In 1760 , when Dr. Burney visited Dr ... receiving instead of an autograph a few bristles of a broom is too absurd ; and that Dr. Burney should not have ...
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... received them with due reverence . The doctor was so sensible of the honour done to him by a man of genius and science , to whom he was an utter stranger , that he said to Dr. Burney , Sir , there is no man possessed of the smallest ...
... received them with due reverence . The doctor was so sensible of the honour done to him by a man of genius and science , to whom he was an utter stranger , that he said to Dr. Burney , Sir , there is no man possessed of the smallest ...
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... received it , and am pleased that my first letter of the year is to you . No man ought to be at ease while he knows himself in the wrong ; and I have not satisfied myself with my long silence . The letter relating to Mr. Sinclair ...
... received it , and am pleased that my first letter of the year is to you . No man ought to be at ease while he knows himself in the wrong ; and I have not satisfied myself with my long silence . The letter relating to Mr. Sinclair ...
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... Gaelick Dictionary , who about this period was warmly engaged in the Ossian controversy , and as he took Dr. Johnson's part , probably received some assistance from him.-ED. ] Prayers & Med . p . 200 . " 21. 1782. - ETAT . 73 . 21.
... Gaelick Dictionary , who about this period was warmly engaged in the Ossian controversy , and as he took Dr. Johnson's part , probably received some assistance from him.-ED. ] Prayers & Med . p . 200 . " 21. 1782. - ETAT . 73 . 21.
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