The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1J. Murray, 1835 |
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... Wife . - - - 110 - CHAPTER VI . 1738-1741 . - " London , a Poem . " - He endeavours , without Success , to obtain the Degree of Master of Arts . - Recommended by Pope to Earl Gower . The Earl's Letter on his Behalf . — Begins a ...
... Wife . - - - 110 - CHAPTER VI . 1738-1741 . - " London , a Poem . " - He endeavours , without Success , to obtain the Degree of Master of Arts . - Recommended by Pope to Earl Gower . The Earl's Letter on his Behalf . — Begins a ...
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... wife of Hector , guard of Troy ! Tears , at my name , shall drown those beauteous eyes , And that fair bosom heave with rising sighs . Before that day , by some brave hero's hand , May I lie slain , and spurn the bloody sand . TO A ...
... wife of Hector , guard of Troy ! Tears , at my name , shall drown those beauteous eyes , And that fair bosom heave with rising sighs . Before that day , by some brave hero's hand , May I lie slain , and spurn the bloody sand . TO A ...
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... wife and sisters - in - law , of the name of Aston , and daugh- ters of a baronet , were remarkable for good breed- ing ; so that the notion which has been industri- ously circulated and believed , that he never was in good company till ...
... wife and sisters - in - law , of the name of Aston , and daugh- ters of a baronet , were remarkable for good breed- ing ; so that the notion which has been industri- ously circulated and believed , that he never was in good company till ...
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... wife of his friend , Mr. Gilbert Walmesley . Besides his intimacy with the above - mentioned persons , who were surely people of rank and education , while he was yet at Lichfield he used to be frequently at the house of Dr. Swinfen , a ...
... wife of his friend , Mr. Gilbert Walmesley . Besides his intimacy with the above - mentioned persons , who were surely people of rank and education , while he was yet at Lichfield he used to be frequently at the house of Dr. Swinfen , a ...
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... wife . He wrote them at my grandfather's , [ Mr. Hunter , the schoolmaster , ] and gave them to Lucy in the presence of my mother , to whom he showed them on the in- stant . She used to repeat them to me , when I asked her for His ...
... wife . He wrote them at my grandfather's , [ Mr. Hunter , the schoolmaster , ] and gave them to Lucy in the presence of my mother , to whom he showed them on the in- stant . She used to repeat them to me , when I asked her for His ...
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