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... Remember that you have subscribed a sheet a year . p . 217. 1. 27. What will be its fate I know not , nor much think . Ib . P. 224. 1. 20. The word willingly is not in the original . Ib . p . 225. 1. 6. Whether they are yet unpublished ...
... Remember that you have subscribed a sheet a year . p . 217. 1. 27. What will be its fate I know not , nor much think . Ib . P. 224. 1. 20. The word willingly is not in the original . Ib . p . 225. 1. 6. Whether they are yet unpublished ...
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... remember queen Anne , — “ He had , " he said , " a confused , but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood ' . " This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to say to him , in ...
... remember queen Anne , — “ He had , " he said , " a confused , but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood ' . " This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to say to him , in ...
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... remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ordinary diversions : his ...
... remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ordinary diversions : his ...
Page 47
... remembers Dr. Johnson on a visit to Dr. Taylor , at Ashbourn , some time between the end of the year 37 , and the middle of the year 40 ; she rather thinks it to have been after he and his wife were removed to London . Dur- ing his stay ...
... remembers Dr. Johnson on a visit to Dr. Taylor , at Ashbourn , some time between the end of the year 37 , and the middle of the year 40 ; she rather thinks it to have been after he and his wife were removed to London . Dur- ing his stay ...
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... Mr. Edmund Burke , who confirmed me in this opinion , by his superiour critical saga- city , and was , I remember , much delighted E 2 ÆTAT . 24. ] 51 DR . JOHNSON . page, though it was in reality printed at Birmingham...
... Mr. Edmund Burke , who confirmed me in this opinion , by his superiour critical saga- city , and was , I remember , much delighted E 2 ÆTAT . 24. ] 51 DR . JOHNSON . page, though it was in reality printed at Birmingham...
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