Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D1952 |
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Page 73
... Lordship endeavoured to justify himself to Dodsley from the charges brought against him by Johnson ; but we may judge of the flimsiness of his defence , from his having excused his neg- lect of Johnson , by saying that " he had heard he ...
... Lordship endeavoured to justify himself to Dodsley from the charges brought against him by Johnson ; but we may judge of the flimsiness of his defence , from his having excused his neg- lect of Johnson , by saying that " he had heard he ...
Page 105
... Lordship said , " He rang the bell . " And it is but just to add , that Mr. Sheridan told me , that when he communicated to Dr. Johnson that a pension was to be granted him , he replied in a fervour of gratitude , " The English language ...
... Lordship said , " He rang the bell . " And it is but just to add , that Mr. Sheridan told me , that when he communicated to Dr. Johnson that a pension was to be granted him , he replied in a fervour of gratitude , " The English language ...
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... Lordship , and ap- plied to him of myself , without being commis- sioned by Johnson . His Lordship behaved in the most polite and obliging manner , promised to tell all he recollected about Pope , and was so very courteous as to say ...
... Lordship , and ap- plied to him of myself , without being commis- sioned by Johnson . His Lordship behaved in the most polite and obliging manner , promised to tell all he recollected about Pope , and was so very courteous as to say ...
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