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 5J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... acquainted with Mr. Young , and had I proposed to Dr. Johnson that we should send to him , he would have checked my wish , and perhaps been offended . I therefore concerted with Mr. Dilly , that I should steal away from Dr. Johnson and ...
... acquainted with Mr. Young , and had I proposed to Dr. Johnson that we should send to him , he would have checked my wish , and perhaps been offended . I therefore concerted with Mr. Dilly , that I should steal away from Dr. Johnson and ...
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... acquainted to have many images in common , and therefore to have a source of conversation which neither the learning nor the wit of a new companion can supply . 66 My Lives are now published ; and if you will tell me whither I shall ...
... acquainted to have many images in common , and therefore to have a source of conversation which neither the learning nor the wit of a new companion can supply . 66 My Lives are now published ; and if you will tell me whither I shall ...
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... acquaintance ; and informed him in another , that my wife had again been affected with alarming symptoms of illness . " In 1782 , his complaints increased , and the history of his life this year , is little more than a mournful re ...
... acquaintance ; and informed him in another , that my wife had again been affected with alarming symptoms of illness . " In 1782 , his complaints increased , and the history of his life this year , is little more than a mournful re ...
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... acquaintance , died a few weeks ago , suddenly in his bed ; there passed not , I believe , a minute between health and death . At night , as at Mrs. Thrale's , I was musing in my chamber , I thought with uncommon earnest- ness , that ...
... acquaintance , died a few weeks ago , suddenly in his bed ; there passed not , I believe , a minute between health and death . At night , as at Mrs. Thrale's , I was musing in my chamber , I thought with uncommon earnest- ness , that ...
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... acquaintance of ours , whose narra- tives , which abounded in curious and interesting topicks , were unhappily found ... acquainted with a late eminent noble judge , whom I have heard speak of him as a writer , with great respect ...
... acquaintance of ours , whose narra- tives , which abounded in curious and interesting topicks , were unhappily found ... acquainted with a late eminent noble judge , whom I have heard speak of him as a writer , with great respect ...
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