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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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But remember that you sent me away , and turned me out into the world , and you
must take the chance of finding me better or This you may know at present , that
my affection for worse . [ See ante , vol . iii . pp . 351 and 352 , where , in a better
...
But remember that you sent me away , and turned me out into the world , and you
must take the chance of finding me better or This you may know at present , that
my affection for worse . [ See ante , vol . iii . pp . 351 and 352 , where , in a better
...
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I sent home Dr. Lawrence's papers , with notes . I gave [ Mrs. ] D [ esmoulins ] a
guinea , and found her a gown . “ 27. - Wednesday . At Harley - street . Bad nights
-- in the evening Dr. Bromfield and his family — Merlin's steelyard given me . 28.
I sent home Dr. Lawrence's papers , with notes . I gave [ Mrs. ] D [ esmoulins ] a
guinea , and found her a gown . “ 27. - Wednesday . At Harley - street . Bad nights
-- in the evening Dr. Bromfield and his family — Merlin's steelyard given me . 28.
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If they sent a 1 [ Lord Stowell .-- Ed . ] 2 ( Mrs. Gastrell , of Lichfield . - Ed . ] 3 [ Mr.
Boswell had erroneously dated this extract Jan. , and had so placed it . Mr.
Boswell does not appear to have seen the whole diary . - Ed . ] 4 On the
preceding day ...
If they sent a 1 [ Lord Stowell .-- Ed . ] 2 ( Mrs. Gastrell , of Lichfield . - Ed . ] 3 [ Mr.
Boswell had erroneously dated this extract Jan. , and had so placed it . Mr.
Boswell does not appear to have seen the whole diary . - Ed . ] 4 On the
preceding day ...
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If they sent one army to the relief of another , the first army was defeated and
taken before the second arrived . I will not say that what they did was always
wrong ; but it was always done at a wrong time . ” I wrote to him at different dates
...
If they sent one army to the relief of another , the first army was defeated and
taken before the second arrived . I will not say that what they did was always
wrong ; but it was always done at a wrong time . ” I wrote to him at different dates
...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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