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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... heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that college , the Reverend William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious ...
... heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that college , the Reverend William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious ...
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... heard him relate , was an Irish painter , whom he knew at Birmingham , and who had practised his own precepts of economy for several years in the British capital . He assured Johnson , who , I suppose , was then meditating to try his ...
... heard him relate , was an Irish painter , whom he knew at Birmingham , and who had practised his own precepts of economy for several years in the British capital . He assured Johnson , who , I suppose , was then meditating to try his ...
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... heard him relate , with much satisfaction , that several of the characters in the " Rambler , ' were drawn so naturally , that when it first circulated in numbers , a club in one of the towns in Essex imagined themselves to be severely ...
... heard him relate , with much satisfaction , that several of the characters in the " Rambler , ' were drawn so naturally , that when it first circulated in numbers , a club in one of the towns in Essex imagined themselves to be severely ...
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