“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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... afterwards acquainted . Mr. Meynell's eldest daughter was afterwards married to Mr. Fitzherbert , father to Mr. Alleyne Fitzherbert , lately minister to the court of Russia . Of her , Dr. Johnson said , in Dr. Lawrence's study , that ...
... afterwards acquainted . Mr. Meynell's eldest daughter was afterwards married to Mr. Fitzherbert , father to Mr. Alleyne Fitzherbert , lately minister to the court of Russia . Of her , Dr. Johnson said , in Dr. Lawrence's study , that ...
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... afterwards he recollected with the strongest aversion , and even a degree of horror . But it is probable that at this period , whatever uneasiness he may have endured , he laid the foundation of much future eminence by application to ...
... afterwards he recollected with the strongest aversion , and even a degree of horror . But it is probable that at this period , whatever uneasiness he may have endured , he laid the foundation of much future eminence by application to ...
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... afterwards . I have a mind to give it him directly . Will you be so good as to carry a fifty pound note from me to him ? ' This I positively refused to do , as he might , perhaps , have knocked me down for insulting him , and have ...
... afterwards . I have a mind to give it him directly . Will you be so good as to carry a fifty pound note from me to him ? ' This I positively refused to do , as he might , perhaps , have knocked me down for insulting him , and have ...
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