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On the first leaf I found in his lordship's hand - writing , an inscription of such high commendation , that even I , vain as I am , cannot prevail on myself to publish it . July 1 , 1793 . A CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF THE PROSE WORKS ...
On the first leaf I found in his lordship's hand - writing , an inscription of such high commendation , that even I , vain as I am , cannot prevail on myself to publish it . July 1 , 1793 . A CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF THE PROSE WORKS ...
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One day , when the servant who used to be sent to school to conduct him home , had not come in time , he set out by himself , though he was then so near - sighted , that he was obliged to stoop down on his hands and knees to take a view ...
One day , when the servant who used to be sent to school to conduct him home , had not come in time , he set out by himself , though he was then so near - sighted , that he was obliged to stoop down on his hands and knees to take a view ...
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In the London Gazette for 1707 , is a proclamation , inviting her diseased subjects to submit themselves to her healing hand . The ritual for this office may be found in bishop Sparrow's Collection of Articles , Canons , etc. and in ...
In the London Gazette for 1707 , is a proclamation , inviting her diseased subjects to submit themselves to her healing hand . The ritual for this office may be found in bishop Sparrow's Collection of Articles , Canons , etc. and in ...
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Had we not been perverse and careless grown , This dire event by omens was foreshown ; Our trees were blasted by the thunder stroke , And left - hand crows , from an old hollow oak , Foretold the coming evil by their dismal croak .
Had we not been perverse and careless grown , This dire event by omens was foreshown ; Our trees were blasted by the thunder stroke , And left - hand crows , from an old hollow oak , Foretold the coming evil by their dismal croak .
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Before that day , by some brave hero's hand , May I lie slain , and spurn the bloody sand . To a Young Lady on her Birth Day a . THIS tributary verse receive , my fair , Warm with an ardent lover's fondest pray'r .
Before that day , by some brave hero's hand , May I lie slain , and spurn the bloody sand . To a Young Lady on her Birth Day a . THIS tributary verse receive , my fair , Warm with an ardent lover's fondest pray'r .
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 1 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2010 |
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