The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 |
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... late Professor of English and French Literature , King's College . FICTION RICHARD HENRY STODDARD , author of " The King's Bell , " etc .; Literary Editor of the New York Mail and Express . HENRY VAN DYKE , D.D. , LL.D. , author of ...
... late Professor of English and French Literature , King's College . FICTION RICHARD HENRY STODDARD , author of " The King's Bell , " etc .; Literary Editor of the New York Mail and Express . HENRY VAN DYKE , D.D. , LL.D. , author of ...
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... late ? ” But he did not repine at the prosperity of others . The late Dr. Thomas Leland told Mr. Courtenay , that when Mr. Edmund Burke showed Johnson his fine house and lands near Beaconsfield , Johnson coolly said , " Non equidem ...
... late ? ” But he did not repine at the prosperity of others . The late Dr. Thomas Leland told Mr. Courtenay , that when Mr. Edmund Burke showed Johnson his fine house and lands near Beaconsfield , Johnson coolly said , " Non equidem ...
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... late Mr. Duncombe , ' of Canterbury , as a pleasing man . " He used to come to me ; I did not seek much after him . Indeed , I never sought much after anybody . " BOSWELL . " Lord Orrery , I sup- pose . . " JOHNSON . " No , Sir ; I ...
... late Mr. Duncombe , ' of Canterbury , as a pleasing man . " He used to come to me ; I did not seek much after him . Indeed , I never sought much after anybody . " BOSWELL . " Lord Orrery , I sup- pose . . " JOHNSON . " No , Sir ; I ...
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... late , having not slept ill . Having promised a dedication , I thought it necessary to write ; but for some time neither wrote nor read . Langton came in and talked . After dinner I wrote . At tea Boswell came in . He stayed till near ...
... late , having not slept ill . Having promised a dedication , I thought it necessary to write ; but for some time neither wrote nor read . Langton came in and talked . After dinner I wrote . At tea Boswell came in . He stayed till near ...
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... late Lord Cathcart , who had spent his life in camps and courts ; yet assured me , that he could form a clear opinion upon most of the causes that came before the House of Lords , 88 they were so well enucleated in the Cases . " J 66 ...
... late Lord Cathcart , who had spent his life in camps and courts ; yet assured me , that he could form a clear opinion upon most of the causes that came before the House of Lords , 88 they were so well enucleated in the Cases . " J 66 ...
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