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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... JOHNSON . " 66 MR . BOSWELL TO DR . JOHNSON . " Edinburgh , May 12 , 1774 . His " LORD HAILES has begged of me to offer you his best respects , and to transmit to you specimens of ' An- nals of Scotland , from the Accession of Malcolm ...
... JOHNSON . " 66 MR . BOSWELL TO DR . JOHNSON . " Edinburgh , May 12 , 1774 . His " LORD HAILES has begged of me to offer you his best respects , and to transmit to you specimens of ' An- nals of Scotland , from the Accession of Malcolm ...
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... JOHNSON . " 66 MR . BOSWELL TO DR . JOHNSON . " Edinburgh , June 24 , 1774 . " You do not acknowledge the receipt of the vari- ous packets which I have sent to you . Neither can I prevail with you to answer my letters , though you hon ...
... JOHNSON . " 66 MR . BOSWELL TO DR . JOHNSON . " Edinburgh , June 24 , 1774 . " You do not acknowledge the receipt of the vari- ous packets which I have sent to you . Neither can I prevail with you to answer my letters , though you hon ...
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... JOHNSON . " 66 MR . BOSWELL TO DR . JOHNSON . 66 Edinburgh , Aug. 30 , 1774 . " You have given me an inscription for a portrait of Mary Queen of Scots , in which you , in a short and striking manner , point out her hard fate . But you ...
... JOHNSON . " 66 MR . BOSWELL TO DR . JOHNSON . 66 Edinburgh , Aug. 30 , 1774 . " You have given me an inscription for a portrait of Mary Queen of Scots , in which you , in a short and striking manner , point out her hard fate . But you ...
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... Johnson's attention to his little spe- cimen . The further specimen will shew , that ' Even in an Edward he can see desert . ' " It gives me much pleasure to hear that a republi- cation of Isaac Walton's Lives is intended . You have ...
... Johnson's attention to his little spe- cimen . The further specimen will shew , that ' Even in an Edward he can see desert . ' " It gives me much pleasure to hear that a republi- cation of Isaac Walton's Lives is intended . You have ...
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... JOHNSON . " " London , Octob . 1 , 1774. " This tour to Wales , which was made in company with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale , though it no doubt contribu- 1 I had written to him , to request his interposition in behalf of a convict , who I ...
... JOHNSON . " " London , Octob . 1 , 1774. " This tour to Wales , which was made in company with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale , though it no doubt contribu- 1 I had written to him , to request his interposition in behalf of a convict , who I ...
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