The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... at this school , and had been ringleader in a barring - out ( see Lives of the Poets , " Addison " ) . Garrick entered the school two years after Johnson left it . brother sold the estate . Canon of Windsor . " 1 . C HIS SCHOOL-DAYS ...
... at this school , and had been ringleader in a barring - out ( see Lives of the Poets , " Addison " ) . Garrick entered the school two years after Johnson left it . brother sold the estate . Canon of Windsor . " 1 . C HIS SCHOOL-DAYS ...
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... Garrick , father of the great ornament of the British stage ; but above all , Mr. Gilbert Walmsley , ' Registrar 1 Mr. Warton informs me , " That this early friend of Johnson was entered a commoner of Trinity College , Oxford , aged 17 ...
... Garrick , father of the great ornament of the British stage ; but above all , Mr. Gilbert Walmsley , ' Registrar 1 Mr. Warton informs me , " That this early friend of Johnson was entered a commoner of Trinity College , Oxford , aged 17 ...
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... Garrick , whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend . But what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death , which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations , and impoverished the public stock ...
... Garrick , whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend . But what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death , which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations , and impoverished the public stock ...
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... Garrick , were by no means pleasing to others , she must have had a superiority of understanding and talents , 2 as she certainly inspired him with a more than ordinary passion ; and she having signified her willingness to accept of his ...
... Garrick , were by no means pleasing to others , she must have had a superiority of understanding and talents , 2 as she certainly inspired him with a more than ordinary passion ; and she having signified her willingness to accept of his ...
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... Garrick and his brother George , and a Mr. Offely , a young gentleman of good fortune , who died early . As yet , his name had nothing of that celebrity which afterward commanded the highest attention and respect of mankind . Had such ...
... Garrick and his brother George , and a Mr. Offely , a young gentleman of good fortune , who died early . As yet , his name had nothing of that celebrity which afterward commanded the highest attention and respect of mankind . Had such ...
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