The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... Garrick , and his Irene , a tragedy , they are very numerous , and in general short ; and I have promised a complete edition of them , in which I shall with the utmost care ascertain their authenticity , and illustrate them with notes ...
... Garrick , and his Irene , a tragedy , they are very numerous , and in general short ; and I have promised a complete edition of them , in which I shall with the utmost care ascertain their authenticity , and illustrate them with notes ...
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... . First Paragraph of Mr. Thomas Davies's Life of Garrick ; acknowl . 1781. Prefaces , Biographical and Critical , to the works of the most eminent 1781 . English Poets afterwards published with the title of XX CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE.
... . First Paragraph of Mr. Thomas Davies's Life of Garrick ; acknowl . 1781. Prefaces , Biographical and Critical , to the works of the most eminent 1781 . English Poets afterwards published with the title of XX CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE.
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... Garrick , and bishop Newton , were educated at this school . There were , at one period , five judges upon the bench of that school : lord chief justice Willis , lord chief baron Parker , Mr. Justice Noel , sir Robert Lloyd , baron of ...
... Garrick , and bishop Newton , were educated at this school . There were , at one period , five judges upon the bench of that school : lord chief justice Willis , lord chief baron Parker , Mr. Justice Noel , sir Robert Lloyd , baron of ...
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... Garrick , father of the great ornament of the British stage ; but above all , Mr. Gilbert Walmsleys , registrar of the ecclesiastical court of Lichfield , whose character , long after his decease , Dr. Johnson has , in his life of ...
... Garrick , father of the great ornament of the British stage ; but above all , Mr. Gilbert Walmsleys , registrar of the ecclesiastical court of Lichfield , whose character , long after his decease , Dr. Johnson has , in his life of ...
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... Garrick , whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our com- mon friend . But what are the hopes of man ! I am dis- appointed by that stroke of death , which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations , and impoverished the publick ...
... Garrick , whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our com- mon friend . But what are the hopes of man ! I am dis- appointed by that stroke of death , which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations , and impoverished the publick ...
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