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I returned to London in February , and found Dr. Johnson in a good house in Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , in which he had accommodated Miss Williams with an apartment on the ground floor , while Mr. Levett occupied bis post in ...
I returned to London in February , and found Dr. Johnson in a good house in Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , in which he had accommodated Miss Williams with an apartment on the ground floor , while Mr. Levett occupied bis post in ...
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As my stay in London at this time was very short , I had not many opportunities of being with Dr. Johnson ; but I felt my veneration for him in no degree lessened by my having seen " multorum hominum mores et urbes .
As my stay in London at this time was very short , I had not many opportunities of being with Dr. Johnson ; but I felt my veneration for him in no degree lessened by my having seen " multorum hominum mores et urbes .
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London , Aug. 21 , 1766. TO DR , SAMUEL JOHNSON . " Auchinleck , Nov. 6 , 1766 . Much ESTEEMED AND DEAR SIR , -I plead not * * * * * * * * * * * * guilty to **** 66 Having thus , I hope , cleared myself of the charge brought ...
London , Aug. 21 , 1766. TO DR , SAMUEL JOHNSON . " Auchinleck , Nov. 6 , 1766 . Much ESTEEMED AND DEAR SIR , -I plead not * * * * * * * * * * * * guilty to **** 66 Having thus , I hope , cleared myself of the charge brought ...
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He published nothing this year in his own name ; but the noble Dedication * to the King , of Gwyn's London and Westminster Improved , was written by him ; and he furnished the Preface , t and several of the pieces which compose a volume ...
He published nothing this year in his own name ; but the noble Dedication * to the King , of Gwyn's London and Westminster Improved , was written by him ; and he furnished the Preface , t and several of the pieces which compose a volume ...
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It is addressed to the late Mr. William Drummond , bookseller in Edinburgh , a gentleman of good family , but small estate , who took arms for the house of Stuart in 1745 ; and during his concealment in London till the act of general ...
It is addressed to the late Mr. William Drummond , bookseller in Edinburgh , a gentleman of good family , but small estate , who took arms for the house of Stuart in 1745 ; and during his concealment in London till the act of general ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 2 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 5 Jun 2018 |
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