The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... ( meaning Mr. Thrale's son . ) Having lain at St. Alban's on Thursday , March 28th , we breakfasted the next morning at Barnet . I expressed B 2 ETAT . 67. ] 3 DR . JOHNSON . love." We then talked of marrying women of ...
... ( meaning Mr. Thrale's son . ) Having lain at St. Alban's on Thursday , March 28th , we breakfasted the next morning at Barnet . I expressed B 2 ETAT . 67. ] 3 DR . JOHNSON . love." We then talked of marrying women of ...
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James Boswell. we breakfasted the next morning at Barnet . I expressed to him a weakness of mind which I could not help ; an uneasy apprehension that my wife and children , who were at a great distance from me , might perhaps be ill ...
James Boswell. we breakfasted the next morning at Barnet . I expressed to him a weakness of mind which I could not help ; an uneasy apprehension that my wife and children , who were at a great distance from me , might perhaps be ill ...
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... expressed an earnest wish for his remarks on Italy , he said , " I do not see that I could make a book upon Italy ; yet I should be glad to get two hundred pounds , or five hundred pounds , by such a work . " This h A gentleman who ...
... expressed an earnest wish for his remarks on Italy , he said , " I do not see that I could make a book upon Italy ; yet I should be glad to get two hundred pounds , or five hundred pounds , by such a work . " This h A gentleman who ...
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... expressed a wish to know more about Mr. Ballow , Johnson said , " Sir , I have seen him but once these twenty years . The tide of life has driven us different ways . " I was sorry at the time to hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks ...
... expressed a wish to know more about Mr. Ballow , Johnson said , " Sir , I have seen him but once these twenty years . The tide of life has driven us different ways . " I was sorry at the time to hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks ...
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... expressed his disapprobation of Dr. Hurd , for having published a mutilated edition , under the title of Select Works of Abraham Cowley . Mr. Murphy thought it a bad precedent ; observing , that any author might be used in the same ...
... expressed his disapprobation of Dr. Hurd , for having published a mutilated edition , under the title of Select Works of Abraham Cowley . Mr. Murphy thought it a bad precedent ; observing , that any author might be used in the same ...
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