The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... Savage was speedily to be published by a person who was favoured with his confidence ; intern . evid . Advertisement for Osborne concerning the Harleian Catalogue ; intern . evid . 1744. Life of Richard Savage ; acknowl . Preface to the ...
... Savage was speedily to be published by a person who was favoured with his confidence ; intern . evid . Advertisement for Osborne concerning the Harleian Catalogue ; intern . evid . 1744. Life of Richard Savage ; acknowl . Preface to the ...
Page 115
... Richard Savage ; * a man of whom it is difficult to speak impartially , without wondering that he was for some time the intimate companion of Johnson ; for his characters was marked by profligacy , insolence , and • As a specimen of his ...
... Richard Savage ; * a man of whom it is difficult to speak impartially , without wondering that he was for some time the intimate companion of Johnson ; for his characters was marked by profligacy , insolence , and • As a specimen of his ...
Page 116
... Savage's mis- fortunes and misconduct had reduced him to the lowest state of wretchedness as a writer for bread ... Richard Stowe , of Apsley , in Bedfordshire , from the information of Mr. Walter Harte , author of the Life of ...
... Savage's mis- fortunes and misconduct had reduced him to the lowest state of wretchedness as a writer for bread ... Richard Stowe , of Apsley , in Bedfordshire , from the information of Mr. Walter Harte , author of the Life of ...
Page 122
... Richard Savage . If the maxim , " falsum in uno , falsum in omnibus , " were to be received without qualification , the credit of Savage's narrative , as conveyed to us , would be annihilated ; for it contains some assertions which ...
... Richard Savage . If the maxim , " falsum in uno , falsum in omnibus , " were to be received without qualification , the credit of Savage's narrative , as conveyed to us , would be annihilated ; for it contains some assertions which ...
Page 123
... Savage was a supposititious child , not the son of lord Rivers and lady Macclesfield , but the offspring of a ... Richard , the son of John Smith , by Mr. Burbridge , assistant to Dr. Manningham's curate for St. Andrew's , Holborn ...
... Savage was a supposititious child , not the son of lord Rivers and lady Macclesfield , but the offspring of a ... Richard , the son of John Smith , by Mr. Burbridge , assistant to Dr. Manningham's curate for St. Andrew's , Holborn ...
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