“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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... told me , that Mr. Wedderburne , now Lord Lough- borough , was the person who first mentioned this subject to him . Lord Loughborough told me , that the pension was granted to Johnson solely as the reward of his literary merit , without ...
... told me , that Mr. Wedderburne , now Lord Lough- borough , was the person who first mentioned this subject to him . Lord Loughborough told me , that the pension was granted to Johnson solely as the reward of his literary merit , without ...
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... told us a story of second sight , which happened in Wales where she was born . He listened to it very attentively , and said he should be glad to have some instances of that faculty well authenticated . His elevated wish for more and ...
... told us a story of second sight , which happened in Wales where she was born . He listened to it very attentively , and said he should be glad to have some instances of that faculty well authenticated . His elevated wish for more and ...
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... told me of a friend of his , an honest man , and a man of sense , having asserted to him , that he had seen an apparition . Goldsmith told us , he was assured by his brother , the Reverend Mr. Goldsmith , that he also had seen one ...
... told me of a friend of his , an honest man , and a man of sense , having asserted to him , that he had seen an apparition . Goldsmith told us , he was assured by his brother , the Reverend Mr. Goldsmith , that he also had seen one ...
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