Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D1952 |
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... Lord Lyttelton , who told me , he was very intimate with Lord Ches- terfield ; and holding it as a well - known truth , defended Lord Chesterfield , by saying , that " Cibber , who had been introduced familiarly by the back - stairs ...
... Lord Lyttelton , who told me , he was very intimate with Lord Ches- terfield ; and holding it as a well - known truth , defended Lord Chesterfield , by saying , that " Cibber , who had been introduced familiarly by the back - stairs ...
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... Lord , one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the ... Chesterfield the sum of ten pounds ; but as that was so inconsiderable a sum ... Lord Chesterfield's fallacious patronage made him feel , he dismissed the word ...
... Lord , one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the ... Chesterfield the sum of ten pounds ; but as that was so inconsiderable a sum ... Lord Chesterfield's fallacious patronage made him feel , he dismissed the word ...
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... Lord Chesterfield ; for his Lordship had de- clared to Dodsley , that " he would have turned off the best servant he ... Lord Chester- field's general affability and easiness of access , especially to literary men . " Sir ( said Johnson ) ...
... Lord Chesterfield ; for his Lordship had de- clared to Dodsley , that " he would have turned off the best servant he ... Lord Chester- field's general affability and easiness of access , especially to literary men . " Sir ( said Johnson ) ...
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