Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.1952 |
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... heard that he found any protection or en- couragement by the means of Mr. Colson , to whose academy David Garrick went . Mrs. Lucy Porter told me , that Mr. Walmsley gave him a letter of introduction to Lintot his bookseller , and that ...
... heard that he found any protection or en- couragement by the means of Mr. Colson , to whose academy David Garrick went . Mrs. Lucy Porter told me , that Mr. Walmsley gave him a letter of introduction to Lintot his bookseller , and that ...
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... heard him declare that if holding up his right hand would have secured victory at Culloden to Prince Charles's army , he was not sure he would have held it up ; so little confidence had he in the right claimed by the house of Stuart ...
... heard him declare that if holding up his right hand would have secured victory at Culloden to Prince Charles's army , he was not sure he would have held it up ; so little confidence had he in the right claimed by the house of Stuart ...
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... heard before , -being called , 1As this subject frequently recurs in these vol- umes , the reader may be led erroneously to sup- pose that Dr. Johnson was so fond of such discus- sions , as frequently to introduce them . But the truth ...
... heard before , -being called , 1As this subject frequently recurs in these vol- umes , the reader may be led erroneously to sup- pose that Dr. Johnson was so fond of such discus- sions , as frequently to introduce them . But the truth ...
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