The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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Page xxviii
... John Hawkins , Knight , 1 a man whom , during my long intimacy with Dr. Johnson , I never saw in his company , I think , but once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his descent , religious demeanour ...
... John Hawkins , Knight , 1 a man whom , during my long intimacy with Dr. Johnson , I never saw in his company , I think , but once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his descent , religious demeanour ...
Page 117
... John's Gate naturally brought Johnson and him together.1 2 It is melancholy to reflect , that Johnson and Savage were sometimes in such extreme indigence , that they could not pay for a lodging ; so that they have wandered together ...
... John's Gate naturally brought Johnson and him together.1 2 It is melancholy to reflect , that Johnson and Savage were sometimes in such extreme indigence , that they could not pay for a lodging ; so that they have wandered together ...
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... John Hawkins has given a long detail of it , in that manner vulgarly , but signi- ficantly , called rigmarole ; in which , amidst an ostentatious exhibition of arts and artists he talks of " proportions of a column being taken from that ...
... John Hawkins has given a long detail of it , in that manner vulgarly , but signi- ficantly , called rigmarole ; in which , amidst an ostentatious exhibition of arts and artists he talks of " proportions of a column being taken from that ...
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