The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... reverend friend , speaking of the favourable re- ception of my volumes , even in the circles of fashion and elegance , said to me , you have made them all talk Johnson . " - Yes , I may add , I have Johnsonised the land ; and I trust ...
... reverend friend , speaking of the favourable re- ception of my volumes , even in the circles of fashion and elegance , said to me , you have made them all talk Johnson . " - Yes , I may add , I have Johnsonised the land ; and I trust ...
Page xix
... reverend Dr. Kennedy's Complete Sys- tem of Astronomical Chronology unfolding the Scriptures , quarto edition ; acknowl . Preface to the Catalogue of the Artists ' Exhibition ; intern . evid . 1763. Character of Collins in the Poetical ...
... reverend Dr. Kennedy's Complete Sys- tem of Astronomical Chronology unfolding the Scriptures , quarto edition ; acknowl . Preface to the Catalogue of the Artists ' Exhibition ; intern . evid . 1763. Character of Collins in the Poetical ...
Page xx
... reverend Mr. Zachariah Mudge , in the London Chron- icle ; acknowl . 1770. The False Alarm ; acknowl . 1771. Thoughts on the late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands ; ack . 1772. Defence of a Schoolmaster ; dictated to me for ...
... reverend Mr. Zachariah Mudge , in the London Chron- icle ; acknowl . 1770. The False Alarm ; acknowl . 1771. Thoughts on the late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands ; ack . 1772. Defence of a Schoolmaster ; dictated to me for ...
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... reverend Dr. Adams , who afterwards presided over Pembroke college with universal esteem , told me he was present , and gave me some account of what passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On that evening , his father , who ...
... reverend Dr. Adams , who afterwards presided over Pembroke college with universal esteem , told me he was present , and gave me some account of what passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On that evening , his father , who ...
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... REVEREND DR . TAYLOR . " DEAR SIR , --- Let me have your company and instruc- tion . Do not live away from me . My distress is great . " Pray desire Mrs. Taylor to inform me what mourning I should buy for my mother and Miss Porter , and ...
... REVEREND DR . TAYLOR . " DEAR SIR , --- Let me have your company and instruc- tion . Do not live away from me . My distress is great . " Pray desire Mrs. Taylor to inform me what mourning I should buy for my mother and Miss Porter , and ...
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