The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 38
... reverend Robert Blair , the author of this poem . He was the representative of the ancient family of Blair , of Blair , in Ayrshire , but the estate had descended to a female , and afterwards passed to the son of her husband by another ...
... reverend Robert Blair , the author of this poem . He was the representative of the ancient family of Blair , of Blair , in Ayrshire , but the estate had descended to a female , and afterwards passed to the son of her husband by another ...
Page 40
... reverend friend will excuse the com- parison , ) attended us at our inn , and with a triumphant air of lively simplicity called out , " I'll make Dr. Johnson a convert . " Dr. Johnson , at his desire , read aloud some of Chatterton's ...
... reverend friend will excuse the com- parison , ) attended us at our inn , and with a triumphant air of lively simplicity called out , " I'll make Dr. Johnson a convert . " Dr. Johnson , at his desire , read aloud some of Chatterton's ...
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... reverend Mr. James Thomson , one of the ministers of that place , on account of a supposed allusion to him in one of his sermons . Upon this the mi- nister , on a subsequent Sunday , arraigned him by name from the pulpit with some ...
... reverend Mr. James Thomson , one of the ministers of that place , on account of a supposed allusion to him in one of his sermons . Upon this the mi- nister , on a subsequent Sunday , arraigned him by name from the pulpit with some ...
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... reverend Mr. James Thomson , minister of Dumfermline . " 2. Answers thereto . " 3. Copy of the judgement of the court of session upon both . " 4. Notes of the opinions of the judges , being the reasons upon which their decree is ...
... reverend Mr. James Thomson , minister of Dumfermline . " 2. Answers thereto . " 3. Copy of the judgement of the court of session upon both . " 4. Notes of the opinions of the judges , being the reasons upon which their decree is ...
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... bargain ; for Foote , though not then fifty - six , died at an inn in Dover in less than a year , Oct. 21st , 1777.— MALONE . VOL . III . G The reverend Dr. Hugh Blair , who had long been ÆTAT . 67. ] 81 DR . JOHNSON .
... bargain ; for Foote , though not then fifty - six , died at an inn in Dover in less than a year , Oct. 21st , 1777.— MALONE . VOL . III . G The reverend Dr. Hugh Blair , who had long been ÆTAT . 67. ] 81 DR . JOHNSON .
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