The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... lady who had an asylum in his house . Of • In a paper already mentioned , ( see vol . i . p . 362 , and near the end of the year 1763 , ) the following account of this publication is given by a lady well ac- quainted with Mrs. Williams ...
... lady who had an asylum in his house . Of • In a paper already mentioned , ( see vol . i . p . 362 , and near the end of the year 1763 , ) the following account of this publication is given by a lady well ac- quainted with Mrs. Williams ...
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... 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 . He was the second son of John , the first unhappily ...
... 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 . He was the second son of John , the first unhappily ...
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... 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 . Part of that time was spent ...
... 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 . Part of that time was spent ...
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... 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 of ...
... 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 of ...
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... lady whom he greatly admired and wished to marry , but was afraid of her supe- riority of talents . " Sir , " said he , " you need not be afraid ; marry her . Before a year goes about , you'll find that reason much weaker , and that wit ...
... lady whom he greatly admired and wished to marry , but was afraid of her supe- riority of talents . " Sir , " said he , " you need not be afraid ; marry her . Before a year goes about , you'll find that reason much weaker , and that wit ...
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