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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... lived in London , there were two sets of people , those who gave the wall , and those who took it ; the peaceable and the quarrelsome . When I returned to Lichfield , after having been in London , my mother asked me , whether I was one ...
... lived in London , there were two sets of people , those who gave the wall , and those who took it ; the peaceable and the quarrelsome . When I returned to Lichfield , after having been in London , my mother asked me , whether I was one ...
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... lived in the first century , would have been one of the greatest favourites of Augustus . " This flattery of the monarch had no effect . It is too well known , that the second George never was an Augustus to learning or genius . 66 ...
... lived in the first century , would have been one of the greatest favourites of Augustus . " This flattery of the monarch had no effect . It is too well known , that the second George never was an Augustus to learning or genius . 66 ...
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... lived in Castle - street , Cavendish - square , he used fre- quently to visit two ladies who lived opposite to him , Miss Cotterells , daughters of Admiral Cotterell . Reynolds used also to visit there , and thus they met . Mr. Reynolds ...
... lived in Castle - street , Cavendish - square , he used fre- quently to visit two ladies who lived opposite to him , Miss Cotterells , daughters of Admiral Cotterell . Reynolds used also to visit there , and thus they met . Mr. Reynolds ...
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