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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... pleased to keep in mind , that my picture is a repre- sentation of a particular scene in her history ; her be- ing forced to resign her crown , while she was impris- oned in the castle of Lochlevin . I must , therefore , beg that you ...
... pleased to keep in mind , that my picture is a repre- sentation of a particular scene in her history ; her be- ing forced to resign her crown , while she was impris- oned in the castle of Lochlevin . I must , therefore , beg that you ...
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... pleased with your notes of remembrance added to your names , for I hope I shall not easily forget them . " I have received four Erse books , without any di- rection , and suspect that they are intended for the Ox- ford library . If that ...
... pleased with your notes of remembrance added to your names , for I hope I shall not easily forget them . " I have received four Erse books , without any di- rection , and suspect that they are intended for the Ox- ford library . If that ...
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... pleased to accept of my best thanks for your ' Journey to the Hebrides , ' which came to me by last night's post . I did really ask the favour twice ; but you have been even with me by granting it so speedi- ly . Bis dat qui cito dat ...
... pleased to accept of my best thanks for your ' Journey to the Hebrides , ' which came to me by last night's post . I did really ask the favour twice ; but you have been even with me by granting it so speedi- ly . Bis dat qui cito dat ...
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... pleased to tell me . Fam , sir , your most , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . 64 MY DEAR BOSWELL , " I AM surprised that , knowing as you do the dis- position of your countrymen to tell lies in favour of each other ...
... pleased to tell me . Fam , sir , your most , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . 64 MY DEAR BOSWELL , " I AM surprised that , knowing as you do the dis- position of your countrymen to tell lies in favour of each other ...
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... pleased with their wild peculiarity , and was one of those who sub- scribed to enable their editor , Mr. Macpherson , then a young man , to make a search in the Highlands and He- brides for a long poem in the Erse language , which was ...
... pleased with their wild peculiarity , and was one of those who sub- scribed to enable their editor , Mr. Macpherson , then a young man , to make a search in the Highlands and He- brides for a long poem in the Erse language , which was ...
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