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... dear Sir Joshua , you shall not be treated so , I will take a bottle with you . The celebrated Mrs. Rudd being mentioned ( Vol . II . pp . 196 note and 285 ) , JOHNSON : " Fifteen years ago I should have gone to see her . " SPOTTISWOODE ...
... dear Sir Joshua , you shall not be treated so , I will take a bottle with you . The celebrated Mrs. Rudd being mentioned ( Vol . II . pp . 196 note and 285 ) , JOHNSON : " Fifteen years ago I should have gone to see her . " SPOTTISWOODE ...
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... Sir , ' said Mrs. Salusbury , Mr. Johnson would learn to talk of runts : meaning that I was a man who would make the ... dear Sir , no man has a greater respect and affection for you , or would sooner go to the end of the world to serve ...
... Sir , ' said Mrs. Salusbury , Mr. Johnson would learn to talk of runts : meaning that I was a man who would make the ... dear Sir , no man has a greater respect and affection for you , or would sooner go to the end of the world to serve ...
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... dear Sir , I had no such intention as you seem to suspect : I had not indeed . Might not this nobleman have felt every thing weary , stale , flat , and unprofitable , ' as Hamlet says ? " JOHNSON : JOHNSON " Nay , if you are to bring in ...
... dear Sir , I had no such intention as you seem to suspect : I had not indeed . Might not this nobleman have felt every thing weary , stale , flat , and unprofitable , ' as Hamlet says ? " JOHNSON : JOHNSON " Nay , if you are to bring in ...
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... DEAR SIR , TO DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . " Edinburgh , June 18 , 1778 . " SINCE my return to Scotland , I have been again at Lanark , and have had more conversation with Thomson's sister . It is strange that Murdoch , who was his intimate ...
... DEAR SIR , TO DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . " Edinburgh , June 18 , 1778 . " SINCE my return to Scotland , I have been again at Lanark , and have had more conversation with Thomson's sister . It is strange that Murdoch , who was his intimate ...
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... dear Sir , your faithful and affectionate humble servant , " JAMES BOSWELL . " Mr. Langton has been pleased , at my request , to favour me with some particulars of Dr. Johnson's visit to Warley Camp , where this gentleman was at the ...
... dear Sir , your faithful and affectionate humble servant , " JAMES BOSWELL . " Mr. Langton has been pleased , at my request , to favour me with some particulars of Dr. Johnson's visit to Warley Camp , where this gentleman was at the ...
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