The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 |
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... DEAR SIR , " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . [ Not dated , but written about the 15th of March . ] " I AM ashamed to think , that since I received your letter I have passed so many days without answering it . " I think there is no great ...
... DEAR SIR , " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . [ Not dated , but written about the 15th of March . ] " I AM ashamed to think , that since I received your letter I have passed so many days without answering it . " I think there is no great ...
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... dear sir , " Your most , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " " Compliments to Madam and Miss " TO THE SAME . 46 DEAR SIR , " THE lady who delivers this has a lawsuit , in which she desires to make use of your skill and eloquence , and she seems ...
... dear sir , " Your most , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " " Compliments to Madam and Miss " TO THE SAME . 46 DEAR SIR , " THE lady who delivers this has a lawsuit , in which she desires to make use of your skill and eloquence , and she seems ...
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... DEAR SIR , " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " Streatham , June 12 , 1774. " " YESTERDAY I put the first sheets of the ' Journey to the Hebrides ' to the press . I have endeavoured to do you some justice in the first paragraph . It will be one ...
... DEAR SIR , " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " Streatham , June 12 , 1774. " " YESTERDAY I put the first sheets of the ' Journey to the Hebrides ' to the press . I have endeavoured to do you some justice in the first paragraph . It will be one ...
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... DEAR SIR , " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " I WISH you could have looked over my book be- fore the printer , but it could not easily be . I suspect some mistakes ; but as I deal , perhaps , more in notions than in facts , the matter is not ...
... DEAR SIR , " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " I WISH you could have looked over my book be- fore the printer , but it could not easily be . I suspect some mistakes ; but as I deal , perhaps , more in notions than in facts , the matter is not ...
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... Sir Joshua is of opinion that he owed not less than two thousand pounds . Was ever poet so trusted before ? " You ... dear sir , 66 " Your most affectionate servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " July 4 , 1774. " แ My compliments to all the ...
... Sir Joshua is of opinion that he owed not less than two thousand pounds . Was ever poet so trusted before ? " You ... dear sir , 66 " Your most affectionate servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " July 4 , 1774. " แ My compliments to all the ...
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