The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Routledge |
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Page 49
... heard that he found any protection or encouragement by the means of Mr. Colson , to whose academy David Garrick went . Mrs. Lucy Porter told me , that Mr. Walmesley gave him a letter of introduction to Lintot , his bookseller , and that ...
... heard that he found any protection or encouragement by the means of Mr. Colson , to whose academy David Garrick went . Mrs. Lucy Porter told me , that Mr. Walmesley gave him a letter of introduction to Lintot , his bookseller , and that ...
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... heard him declare , that if holding up his right hand would have secured victory at Culloden to Prince Charles's army , he was not sure he would have held it up ; so little confidence had he in the right claimed by the house of Stuart ...
... heard him declare , that if holding up his right hand would have secured victory at Culloden to Prince Charles's army , he was not sure he would have held it up ; so little confidence had he in the right claimed by the house of Stuart ...
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... heard that the Doctor had been lately at Oxford , asked him if he was not fond of going thither . To which Johnson answered , that he was indeed fond of going to Oxford sometimes , but was likewise glad to come back again . The king ...
... heard that the Doctor had been lately at Oxford , asked him if he was not fond of going thither . To which Johnson answered , that he was indeed fond of going to Oxford sometimes , but was likewise glad to come back again . The king ...
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Death of Johnsons FatherIntercourse with Society in Lichfield Gilbert Walmesley | 30 |
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