The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 |
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... mentioned this , have thought it an exquisite trait of 1 Mathew Bloxam entered at Pembroke College , March 25 , 1729 ; M.A. , July , 1735.- HALL . 2 This line has frequently been attributed to Dryden , when at Westminster . But neither ...
... mentioned this , have thought it an exquisite trait of 1 Mathew Bloxam entered at Pembroke College , March 25 , 1729 ; M.A. , July , 1735.- HALL . 2 This line has frequently been attributed to Dryden , when at Westminster . But neither ...
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... mentioned a gentleman who had left his whole fortune to Pembroke College . JOHNSON . " Whether to leave one's 1 I am not absolutely sure but that this was my own suggestion , though it is truly in the character of Edwards . 2 This must ...
... mentioned a gentleman who had left his whole fortune to Pembroke College . JOHNSON . " Whether to leave one's 1 I am not absolutely sure but that this was my own suggestion , though it is truly in the character of Edwards . 2 This must ...
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... mentioned , was Mr. Thomas Tyers , son of Mr. Jonathan Tyers , the founder of that ex- cellent place of public amusement , Vauxhall Gardens , which must ever be an estate to its proprietor , as it is peculiarly adapted to the taste of ...
... mentioned , was Mr. Thomas Tyers , son of Mr. Jonathan Tyers , the founder of that ex- cellent place of public amusement , Vauxhall Gardens , which must ever be an estate to its proprietor , as it is peculiarly adapted to the taste of ...
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... mentioned that there were a hundred in the family of the present Earl of Eglintoune's father . Dr. Johnson seeming to doubt it , I began to enumerate : " Let us see , my lord and my lady , two . " JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , if you are to ...
... mentioned that there were a hundred in the family of the present Earl of Eglintoune's father . Dr. Johnson seeming to doubt it , I began to enumerate : " Let us see , my lord and my lady , two . " JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , if you are to ...
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... mentioned to him by Mr. Levett , in concert with whom it was made out ; and Johnson , who heard all this , did not contradict it . But when I showed a copy of this list to him , and mentioned the evidence for its exactness , he laughed ...
... mentioned to him by Mr. Levett , in concert with whom it was made out ; and Johnson , who heard all this , did not contradict it . But when I showed a copy of this list to him , and mentioned the evidence for its exactness , he laughed ...
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