The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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... Lord Bute told me , that Mr. Wedderburne , now Lord Lough- borough , was the person who first mentioned this subject to him . Lord Loughborough told me , that the pension was granted to Johnson solely as the reward of his literary merit ...
... Lord Bute told me , that Mr. Wedderburne , now Lord Lough- borough , was the person who first mentioned this subject to him . Lord Loughborough told me , that the pension was granted to Johnson solely as the reward of his literary merit ...
Page 232
... Lord Loughborough , wishing to know if he recollected the prime mover in the ... Bute , to present them with what Johnson himself wrote ; his lordship having ... BUTE . " MY LORD , " WHEN the bills were yesterday delivered to me by Mr. 1 ...
... Lord Loughborough , wishing to know if he recollected the prime mover in the ... Bute , to present them with what Johnson himself wrote ; his lordship having ... BUTE . " MY LORD , " WHEN the bills were yesterday delivered to me by Mr. 1 ...
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... Lord Bute , " it was said of Augustus , that it would have been better for Rome that he had never been born , or had never died . So it would have been better for this nation if Lord Bute had never been minister , or had never resigned ...
... Lord Bute , " it was said of Augustus , that it would have been better for Rome that he had never been born , or had never died . So it would have been better for this nation if Lord Bute had never been minister , or had never resigned ...
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