The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... received in the Highlands and Hebrides , if I had not drunk with our worthy friends . Had I drunk water only as you did , they would not have been so cordial . " JOHN- SON : " Sir William Temple mentions , that in his travels through ...
... received in the Highlands and Hebrides , if I had not drunk with our worthy friends . Had I drunk water only as you did , they would not have been so cordial . " JOHN- SON : " Sir William Temple mentions , that in his travels through ...
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... received a much higher price for my writings . ' An author should sell his first work for what the book- sellers will give , till it shall appear whether he is an author of merit , or , which is the same thing as to purchase- money , an ...
... received a much higher price for my writings . ' An author should sell his first work for what the book- sellers will give , till it shall appear whether he is an author of merit , or , which is the same thing as to purchase- money , an ...
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... receiving any civility from this nobleman ; for he said to me , when I mentioned Lord Marchmont as one who could tell him a great deal about Pope , - Sir , he will tell me nothing . " I had the honour of being known to his Lordship ...
... receiving any civility from this nobleman ; for he said to me , when I mentioned Lord Marchmont as one who could tell him a great deal about Pope , - Sir , he will tell me nothing . " I had the honour of being known to his Lordship ...
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... received a severe stroke on the shin bone , and when in such a state to be asked a question ; and if he has any candour he will not be surprised at the answers which Johnson sometimes gave in moments of irritation , which , let me ...
... received a severe stroke on the shin bone , and when in such a state to be asked a question ; and if he has any candour he will not be surprised at the answers which Johnson sometimes gave in moments of irritation , which , let me ...
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... which it relates , and to which I have presented other pieces of his hand - writing . B. They are not now to be found in the Bodleian . Dr. Hill . Chancellor , who first received me with great politeness as A DINNER AT DILLY'S ...
... which it relates , and to which I have presented other pieces of his hand - writing . B. They are not now to be found in the Bodleian . Dr. Hill . Chancellor , who first received me with great politeness as A DINNER AT DILLY'S ...
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