The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... lady who once lived in great intimacy with him . There is , in the British Museum , a letter from bishop Warburton to Dr. Birch , on the subject of biography ; which , though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully raising ...
... lady who once lived in great intimacy with him . There is , in the British Museum , a letter from bishop Warburton to Dr. Birch , on the subject of biography ; which , though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully raising ...
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... lady , con- versation could no more be expected than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimneypiece , or the fantastick figures on a gilt leather skreen . If authority be required , let us appeal to Plutarch , the prince of ancient ...
... lady , con- versation could no more be expected than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimneypiece , or the fantastick figures on a gilt leather skreen . If authority be required , let us appeal to Plutarch , the prince of ancient ...
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... ladies with whom he was acquainted agree , that no man was more nicely and minutely critical in the elegance of female dress . When I found that he saw the romantick beauties of Islam , in Derbyshire , much better than I did , I told ...
... ladies with whom he was acquainted agree , that no man was more nicely and minutely critical in the elegance of female dress . When I found that he saw the romantick beauties of Islam , in Derbyshire , much better than I did , I told ...
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... lady in diamonds , and a long black hood ' . " This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to say to him , in allusion to the political principles in which he was educated , and of which he ever retained some odour , that ...
... lady in diamonds , and a long black hood ' . " This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to say to him , in allusion to the political principles in which he was educated , and of which he ever retained some odour , that ...
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... ladies in Lincolnshire who were remarkably well behaved , owing to their mo- ther's strict discipline and severe correction , he exclaimed , in one of Shakspeare's lines , a little varied , Rod , I will honour thee for this thy duty ...
... ladies in Lincolnshire who were remarkably well behaved , owing to their mo- ther's strict discipline and severe correction , he exclaimed , in one of Shakspeare's lines , a little varied , Rod , I will honour thee for this thy duty ...
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