The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Volume 1Dent, 1949 |
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... lady's family , I have received such information and remarks , as joined to my own inquiries , will , I think , render it at least somewhat doubtful , especially when we consider that it must have originated from the person himself who ...
... lady's family , I have received such information and remarks , as joined to my own inquiries , will , I think , render it at least somewhat doubtful , especially when we consider that it must have originated from the person himself who ...
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... Lady Macclesfield was convicted of the crime of which she was accused , cannot be denied ; but the question now is , whether the person calling himself Richard Savage was her son . It has been said , 2 . that when Earl Rivers was dying ...
... Lady Macclesfield was convicted of the crime of which she was accused , cannot be denied ; but the question now is , whether the person calling himself Richard Savage was her son . It has been said , 2 . that when Earl Rivers was dying ...
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... Lady Macclesfield and her relations might still wish that her story should not be brought into more conspicuous notice by the satirical pen of Savage . 1 Miss Mason , after having forfeited the title of Lady Macclesfield by divorce ...
... Lady Macclesfield and her relations might still wish that her story should not be brought into more conspicuous notice by the satirical pen of Savage . 1 Miss Mason , after having forfeited the title of Lady Macclesfield by divorce ...
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