The Life of Samuel JohnsonOlms, 1973 - 639 pages |
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Page 104
... died , soon after of a broken heart , and was indebted to the charity of Francklin , the printer , for a grave . See Ralph's " Case of Authors . " * The ingenious author of " Deity , " and innumerable compilations for the booksellers ...
... died , soon after of a broken heart , and was indebted to the charity of Francklin , the printer , for a grave . See Ralph's " Case of Authors . " * The ingenious author of " Deity , " and innumerable compilations for the booksellers ...
Page 371
... died in the toils and duties of his calling . " In the summer , at the solicitation of the London booksellers , Johnson entered into an engagement , as he expresses it , " to write little Lives and little Prefaces , to a little edi ...
... died in the toils and duties of his calling . " In the summer , at the solicitation of the London booksellers , Johnson entered into an engagement , as he expresses it , " to write little Lives and little Prefaces , to a little edi ...
Page 445
... dying , he experienced the as- siduous respect and kind attachment of his numerous friends . Among others , Mr Lang- ton , Sir John Hawkins , the Rev. Mr Strahan , Sir Joshua Reynolds , and Mr Hoole , who revered the dying sage , and ...
... dying , he experienced the as- siduous respect and kind attachment of his numerous friends . Among others , Mr Lang- ton , Sir John Hawkins , the Rev. Mr Strahan , Sir Joshua Reynolds , and Mr Hoole , who revered the dying sage , and ...
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