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It appears from Johnson's diary , that he was this year at Mr. Thrale's , from before . Midsummer till after Michaelmas , and that he afterwards passed a month at Oxford . He had then contracted a great intimacy with Mr. Chambers of ...
It appears from Johnson's diary , that he was this year at Mr. Thrale's , from before . Midsummer till after Michaelmas , and that he afterwards passed a month at Oxford . He had then contracted a great intimacy with Mr. Chambers of ...
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... a beautiful little fairy tale in prose , written with exquisite simplicity , is one of Johnson's productions ; and I cannot withhold from Mrs. Thrale the praise of being the author of that admirable poem , The Three Warnings .
... a beautiful little fairy tale in prose , written with exquisite simplicity , is one of Johnson's productions ; and I cannot withhold from Mrs. Thrale the praise of being the author of that admirable poem , The Three Warnings .
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It is proper here to mention , that when I speak of his correspondence , I consider it independent of the voluminous collection of letters which , in the course of many years , he wrote to Mrs. Thrale , which forms a separate part of ...
It is proper here to mention , that when I speak of his correspondence , I consider it independent of the voluminous collection of letters which , in the course of many years , he wrote to Mrs. Thrale , which forms a separate part of ...
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In the course of the year he wrote some letters to Mrs. Thrale , passed some part of the summer at Oxford and at Lichfield , and when at Oxford he wrote the following letter : TO THE REVEREND MR . THOMAS WARTON .
In the course of the year he wrote some letters to Mrs. Thrale , passed some part of the summer at Oxford and at Lichfield , and when at Oxford he wrote the following letter : TO THE REVEREND MR . THOMAS WARTON .
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... before engaging in a state of life which would probably keep me more in Scotland , and prevent me seeing him so often as when I was a single man ; but I found he was at Brighthelmstone with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale .
... before engaging in a state of life which would probably keep me more in Scotland , and prevent me seeing him so often as when I was a single man ; but I found he was at Brighthelmstone with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale .
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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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