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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... the church , and looked at the monu- ment erected by Mr. Young to his father . Mr. Young mentioned an anecdote , that his father had received several thousand pounds of subscription - money for his " Atat . 72. ] 3 DR . JOHNSON .
... the church , and looked at the monu- ment erected by Mr. Young to his father . Mr. Young mentioned an anecdote , that his father had received several thousand pounds of subscription - money for his " Atat . 72. ] 3 DR . JOHNSON .
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... received your splendid benefaction . To a hand so liberal in distrib- uting , I hope nobody will envy the power of acquir- ing . " I am , dear sir , " Your obliged and most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " June 23 , 1781. " 66 SIR ...
... received your splendid benefaction . To a hand so liberal in distrib- uting , I hope nobody will envy the power of acquir- ing . " I am , dear sir , " Your obliged and most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " June 23 , 1781. " 66 SIR ...
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... received from him , as a relick of so esti- mable a writer . This was in1755 . In 1760 , when Dr. Burney visited Dr. Johnson at the Temple in London , where he had then Chambers , he happened to arrive there before he was up ; and being ...
... received from him , as a relick of so esti- mable a writer . This was in1755 . In 1760 , when Dr. Burney visited Dr. Johnson at the Temple in London , where he had then Chambers , he happened to arrive there before he was up ; and being ...
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... received it , and am pleased that my first letter of the year is to you . No man ought to be at ease while he knows himself in the wrong ; and I have not satisfied myself with my long silence . The letter relating to Mr. Sinclair ...
... received it , and am pleased that my first letter of the year is to you . No man ought to be at ease while he knows himself in the wrong ; and I have not satisfied myself with my long silence . The letter relating to Mr. Sinclair ...
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... received it . " This year has afflicted me with a very irksome and severe disorder . My respiration has been much impe- ded , and much blood has been taken away . I am now harassed by a catarrhous cough , from which my purpose is to ...
... received it . " This year has afflicted me with a very irksome and severe disorder . My respiration has been much impe- ded , and much blood has been taken away . I am now harassed by a catarrhous cough , from which my purpose is to ...
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