The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... John- son in a good house in Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , in which he had accommodated Miss Williams with an apart- ment on the ground floor , while Mr. Levett occupied his post in the garret : his faithful Francis was still ...
... John- son in a good house in Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , in which he had accommodated Miss Williams with an apart- ment on the ground floor , while Mr. Levett occupied his post in the garret : his faithful Francis was still ...
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... Lord assured his disciples , that in his Father's house there are many mansions . John xiv . 2. and see St. Paul , in 1 Cor . xv . 41.-Ed. ful passion for abstracted devotion should not be en- couraged ÆTAT . 57. ] 77 DR . JOHNSON .
... Lord assured his disciples , that in his Father's house there are many mansions . John xiv . 2. and see St. Paul , in 1 Cor . xv . 41.-Ed. ful passion for abstracted devotion should not be en- couraged ÆTAT . 57. ] 77 DR . JOHNSON .
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... JOHN- SON . " Sir , you may wonder . " No man is He talked of making verses , and observed , " The great difficulty is , to know when you have made good ones . When composing , I have generally had them in my mind , perhaps fifty at a ...
... JOHN- SON . " Sir , you may wonder . " No man is He talked of making verses , and observed , " The great difficulty is , to know when you have made good ones . When composing , I have generally had them in my mind , perhaps fifty at a ...
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... John Hawkins's representations are proved to have been most unjust . See his Life of Dr. John- son , p . 222. 232 ; see also Prior's Life of Burke . - ED . f Mr. Langton's uncle . . The place of residence of Mr. Peregrine Langton ...
... John Hawkins's representations are proved to have been most unjust . See his Life of Dr. John- son , p . 222. 232 ; see also Prior's Life of Burke . - ED . f Mr. Langton's uncle . . The place of residence of Mr. Peregrine Langton ...
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... John- son's acquaintance . " I however was so much impressed with my first notion , that I mentioned it to Johnson , re- peating at the same time what Mrs. Williams had said . His answer was , It is true , sir , that she wrote it before ...
... John- son's acquaintance . " I however was so much impressed with my first notion , that I mentioned it to Johnson , re- peating at the same time what Mrs. Williams had said . His answer was , It is true , sir , that she wrote it before ...
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