“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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... appeared in the dress of a Corsican chieftain at the Shakespeare Festival at Stratford - on - Avon ; he wore the same costume at an interview with Pitt ; he edited a volume of Essays in favour of the Brave Corsicans . Meanwhile , he had ...
... appeared in the dress of a Corsican chieftain at the Shakespeare Festival at Stratford - on - Avon ; he wore the same costume at an interview with Pitt ; he edited a volume of Essays in favour of the Brave Corsicans . Meanwhile , he had ...
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... appeared , and still appears to be , less need of alteration . The verses to Lady Firebrace 1 may be had when you please , for you know that such a subject neither deserves much thought , nor requires it . " The Chinese stories 2 may be ...
... appeared , and still appears to be , less need of alteration . The verses to Lady Firebrace 1 may be had when you please , for you know that such a subject neither deserves much thought , nor requires it . " The Chinese stories 2 may be ...
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... appeared since " The Provoked Husband , " and that there had not been of late any such character exhibited on the stage as that of Croaker . I observed it was the Suspirius of his Rambler . He said , Goldsmith had owned he had borrowed ...
... appeared since " The Provoked Husband , " and that there had not been of late any such character exhibited on the stage as that of Croaker . I observed it was the Suspirius of his Rambler . He said , Goldsmith had owned he had borrowed ...
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