The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1G. Bayntun, 1925 - 1172 pages |
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Page vii
... John Hawkins , Murphy , Kearsley , may all be studied with profit . Mrs. Piozzi and Madame D'Arblay , and extracts from some thirty or forty other writers also make up a considerable collection of Johnsoniana ; and while all serve to ...
... John Hawkins , Murphy , Kearsley , may all be studied with profit . Mrs. Piozzi and Madame D'Arblay , and extracts from some thirty or forty other writers also make up a considerable collection of Johnsoniana ; and while all serve to ...
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... John Wilkes . In 1775 he entered the Inner Temple , but was not called to the English Bar until 1786. By his father's death , which occurred in 1782 , Boswell inherited a fortune of £ 1,600 a year . Johnson's health was severely ...
... John Wilkes . In 1775 he entered the Inner Temple , but was not called to the English Bar until 1786. By his father's death , which occurred in 1782 , Boswell inherited a fortune of £ 1,600 a year . Johnson's health was severely ...
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... John Hawkins's " Life of Johnson , " in 1787. Johnson , who was aware of Boswell's intention to write his life , had read the MS . of the " Journal of a Tour in the Hebrides , " and had expressed himself as satisfied with Boswell as a ...
... John Hawkins's " Life of Johnson , " in 1787. Johnson , who was aware of Boswell's intention to write his life , had read the MS . of the " Journal of a Tour in the Hebrides , " and had expressed himself as satisfied with Boswell as a ...
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... John Bailey discusses Johnson in this light in his little book , Dr. Johnson and his Circle , 2 one of the best introductions within my knowledge to the study of the subject , and by way of comment he tells ... John Opie THE REV . JOHN. xiii.
... John Bailey discusses Johnson in this light in his little book , Dr. Johnson and his Circle , 2 one of the best introductions within my knowledge to the study of the subject , and by way of comment he tells ... John Opie THE REV . JOHN. xiii.
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... John Sargeaunt and George Whale , contains essays by the editors , by Dr. George Birkbeck Hill , Augustine Birrell ... John Opie THE REV . JOHN TAYLOR , LL.D. THE REVEREND JOHN TAYLOR , LL.D.
... John Sargeaunt and George Whale , contains essays by the editors , by Dr. George Birkbeck Hill , Augustine Birrell ... John Opie THE REV . JOHN TAYLOR , LL.D. THE REVEREND JOHN TAYLOR , LL.D.
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