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362 , and near the end of the year 1763 , ) the following account of this publication is given by a lady well acquainted with Mrs. Williams : “ As to her poems , she many years attempted to publish them : the halfcrowns she had got ...
362 , and near the end of the year 1763 , ) the following account of this publication is given by a lady well acquainted with Mrs. Williams : “ As to her poems , she many years attempted to publish them : the halfcrowns she had got ...
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The honourable Thomas Hervey and his lady having See an account of him in the European Magazine , Jan. 1786 . + The honourable Thomas Hervey , whose letter , to sir Thomas Hanmer , in 1742 , was much read at that time .
The honourable Thomas Hervey and his lady having See an account of him in the European Magazine , Jan. 1786 . + The honourable Thomas Hervey , whose letter , to sir Thomas Hanmer , in 1742 , was much read at that time .
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... was sold by that lady for the sum of five hundred pounds . -Boswell . a In his letter to Mr. Drummond , dated Oct. 24 , 1767 , he mentions that he had arrived in London , after an absence of nearly six months in the country .
... was sold by that lady for the sum of five hundred pounds . -Boswell . a In his letter to Mr. Drummond , dated Oct. 24 , 1767 , he mentions that he had arrived in London , after an absence of nearly six months in the country .
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A lady of Norfolk , by a letter to my friend Dr. Burney , has favoured me with the following solution : " Now for the explication of this seeming mystery , which is so very obvious as , for that reason , to have escaped the penetration ...
A lady of Norfolk , by a letter to my friend Dr. Burney , has favoured me with the following solution : " Now for the explication of this seeming mystery , which is so very obvious as , for that reason , to have escaped the penetration ...
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A gentleman talked to him of a lady whom he greatly admired and wished to marry , but was afraid of her superiority of talents . “ Sir , " said he , “ you need not be afraid ; marry her . Before a year goes about , you'll find that ...
A gentleman talked to him of a lady whom he greatly admired and wished to marry , but was afraid of her superiority of talents . “ Sir , " said he , “ you need not be afraid ; marry her . Before a year goes about , you'll find that ...
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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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