The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 5C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 |
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... gentleman desired to wait upon him , and was shewn in- to a parlour , where he and a young lady , his daughter , were sitting . He appeared to be a plain , civil , coun- try gentleman ; and when I begged pardon for presum- ing to ...
... gentleman desired to wait upon him , and was shewn in- to a parlour , where he and a young lady , his daughter , were sitting . He appeared to be a plain , civil , coun- try gentleman ; and when I begged pardon for presum- ing to ...
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... gentlemen should be educated in England ; Scot- land would become a province ; they would spend all their rents in ... gentleman , who has been educated in the South of England . I own , indeed , that it is no small misfortune for ...
... gentlemen should be educated in England ; Scot- land would become a province ; they would spend all their rents in ... gentleman , who has been educated in the South of England . I own , indeed , that it is no small misfortune for ...
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... 'D to Hope's delusive mine , As on we toil from day to day , 1 See an account of him in " The Gentleman's Magazine , " Feb. 1785 . By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop 20 [ 1782 . THE LIFE OF แ ...
... 'D to Hope's delusive mine , As on we toil from day to day , 1 See an account of him in " The Gentleman's Magazine , " Feb. 1785 . By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop 20 [ 1782 . THE LIFE OF แ ...
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... gentleman's table , at which he would in every respect have been fully gratified . Mr. Malone , who has so ably succeeded him as an Edi- tor of Shakspeare , has , in his Preface , done great and just honour to Johnson's memory . 66 66 ...
... gentleman's table , at which he would in every respect have been fully gratified . Mr. Malone , who has so ably succeeded him as an Edi- tor of Shakspeare , has , in his Preface , done great and just honour to Johnson's memory . 66 66 ...
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... gentleman from Čorrichatachin . " I received your letters only this morning . I am , dear sir , " London , Sept. 7 , 1782. " " Yours , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " In answer to my next letter , I received one from him , dissuading me from ...
... gentleman from Čorrichatachin . " I received your letters only this morning . I am , dear sir , " London , Sept. 7 , 1782. " " Yours , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " In answer to my next letter , I received one from him , dissuading me from ...
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