The Life of Samuel JohnsonOlms, 1973 - 639 pages |
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Page xxviii
... sion , he seems to have had new information about the episode from Percy , who had known Johnson as early as 1756. Chesterfield was still guilty of " unpardonable neglect , " but now Anderson suggests that the Earl wrote his papers in ...
... sion , he seems to have had new information about the episode from Percy , who had known Johnson as early as 1756. Chesterfield was still guilty of " unpardonable neglect , " but now Anderson suggests that the Earl wrote his papers in ...
Page 127
... sion of " Reason , Nature , and Truth . " For the " Epilogue , " an unworthy appendage to the piece , the author , fortunately for his fame , is not answerable , as he told Mr Boswell it was the production of Sir William Yonge , a ...
... sion of " Reason , Nature , and Truth . " For the " Epilogue , " an unworthy appendage to the piece , the author , fortunately for his fame , is not answerable , as he told Mr Boswell it was the production of Sir William Yonge , a ...
Page 160
... sion than to get his immediate living , being old , poor , and infirm , in a great degree , was very desirous of an hospital . Johnson had known him many years , and requested the as- sistance of Dr Vyse , rector of Lambeth , in ...
... sion than to get his immediate living , being old , poor , and infirm , in a great degree , was very desirous of an hospital . Johnson had known him many years , and requested the as- sistance of Dr Vyse , rector of Lambeth , in ...
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