The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3National ilustrated library, 1859 |
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... Lady - Johnson expresses his Delight with Mr. Wilkes's Company - The fascinating but infamous Margaret Caroline Rudd CHAPTER III . - 1776-1777 . Bell's Departure for Scotland - Correspondence respecting Dr. Goldsmith's Epitaph -A ...
... Lady - Johnson expresses his Delight with Mr. Wilkes's Company - The fascinating but infamous Margaret Caroline Rudd CHAPTER III . - 1776-1777 . Bell's Departure for Scotland - Correspondence respecting Dr. Goldsmith's Epitaph -A ...
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... Lady's Verses on Ireland - Goldsmith's Copyright - Johnson's " Historia Studiorum " --Edward Cave - Avarice - Bon - mots - Egotism CHAPTER XII . - 1778 . ยท Mauritius Lowe , the Artist - Whigs and Tories - Cowards - Wine - drinking - Mrs ...
... Lady's Verses on Ireland - Goldsmith's Copyright - Johnson's " Historia Studiorum " --Edward Cave - Avarice - Bon - mots - Egotism CHAPTER XII . - 1778 . ยท Mauritius Lowe , the Artist - Whigs and Tories - Cowards - Wine - drinking - Mrs ...
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... LADY DIANA BEAUCLERK , FROM A PAINTING BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS MRS . MONTAGU , FROM A PAINTING BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS LORD GEORGE GORDON , FROM A CONTEMPORARY DRAWING BY R. BRAW . LORD MANSFIELD , FROM A PAINTING BY SIR J. REYNOLDS ...
... LADY DIANA BEAUCLERK , FROM A PAINTING BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS MRS . MONTAGU , FROM A PAINTING BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS LORD GEORGE GORDON , FROM A CONTEMPORARY DRAWING BY R. BRAW . LORD MANSFIELD , FROM A PAINTING BY SIR J. REYNOLDS ...
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... ladies of the present age , insisting that they were more faithful to their husbands , and more virtuous in every respect , than in former times , because their understandings were better cultivated . It was an undoubted proof of his ...
... ladies of the present age , insisting that they were more faithful to their husbands , and more virtuous in every respect , than in former times , because their understandings were better cultivated . It was an undoubted proof of his ...
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... Lady Craven , and the next with good Mrs. Gardiner , the tallow- chandler , on Snow - hill . On my expressing my wonder at his discovering so much of the knowledge peculiar to different professions , he told me , " I learnt what 1 This ...
... Lady Craven , and the next with good Mrs. Gardiner , the tallow- chandler , on Snow - hill . On my expressing my wonder at his discovering so much of the knowledge peculiar to different professions , he told me , " I learnt what 1 This ...
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