The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... lord and lady , ' conversation could no more be expected than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimney- piece , or the fantastic figures on a gilt leather screen . If authority be required , let us appeal to Plutarch , the prince of ancient ...
... lord and lady , ' conversation could no more be expected than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimney- piece , or the fantastic figures on a gilt leather screen . If authority be required , let us appeal to Plutarch , the prince of ancient ...
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... Lord Gower , which may serve to show the high estimation in which the father of our great moralist was held : — " Johnson , the Lichfield librarian , is now here ; he propagates learning all over this diocese , and advanceth knowledge ...
... Lord Gower , which may serve to show the high estimation in which the father of our great moralist was held : — " Johnson , the Lichfield librarian , is now here ; he propagates learning all over this diocese , and advanceth knowledge ...
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... Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in one of his letters , when earnestly cautioning a friend against the pernicious effects of idle- ness , that active sports are not to be reckoned idleness in young people ; and that ...
... Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in one of his letters , when earnestly cautioning a friend against the pernicious effects of idle- ness , that active sports are not to be reckoned idleness in young people ; and that ...
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... Bishop Bonner , Francis Beaumont , Sir Thomas Browne , Lord Chan- cellor Harcourt , John Pym , and Francis Rous , Provost of Eton and Speaker of the Barebones Parliament . and somebody having set a pair of new shoes at.
... Bishop Bonner , Francis Beaumont , Sir Thomas Browne , Lord Chan- cellor Harcourt , John Pym , and Francis Rous , Provost of Eton and Speaker of the Barebones Parliament . and somebody having set a pair of new shoes at.
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... , by whom he got the Aston estate , and assumed the name and arms of that family . Vide Collins's Peerage . B. Hervey's eldest brother was Pope's Lord Fanny . COMPLETION OF IRENE ' 67 read three pages of the 66 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... , by whom he got the Aston estate , and assumed the name and arms of that family . Vide Collins's Peerage . B. Hervey's eldest brother was Pope's Lord Fanny . COMPLETION OF IRENE ' 67 read three pages of the 66 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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