The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 pages |
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... afterwards be- came Chaplain to Archbishop Boulter , and by that connection obtained good preferment in Ire- land . He was a younger son of the ancient family of Congreve , in Staffordshire , of which the poet was a branch . His brother ...
... afterwards be- came Chaplain to Archbishop Boulter , and by that connection obtained good preferment in Ire- land . He was a younger son of the ancient family of Congreve , in Staffordshire , of which the poet was a branch . His brother ...
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... afterwards the gratification to hear that the old gentleman , who lived to a very advanced age , mentioned it as one of the most memorable events of his life , that " he was very near having that great man for his scholar . ' He ...
... afterwards the gratification to hear that the old gentleman , who lived to a very advanced age , mentioned it as one of the most memorable events of his life , that " he was very near having that great man for his scholar . ' He ...
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... afterwards pre- year . presided over Pembroke College with universal esteem , told me he was present , and gave me some account of what passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On that evening , his father , who had ...
... afterwards pre- year . presided over Pembroke College with universal esteem , told me he was present , and gave me some account of what passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On that evening , his father , who had ...
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... afterwards was per- fectly relieved ; and all his labours , and all his enjoyments , were but temporary interruptions of its baleful influence . How wonderful , how un- searchable are the ways of God ! Johnson , who was blest with all ...
... afterwards was per- fectly relieved ; and all his labours , and all his enjoyments , were but temporary interruptions of its baleful influence . How wonderful , how un- searchable are the ways of God ! Johnson , who was blest with all ...
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... afterwards acquainted . Mr. Meynell's eldest daughter was afterwards married to Mr. Fitzherbert , father to Mr. Alleyne Fitz- herbert , lately minister to the court of Russia . Of her , Dr. Johnson said , in Dr. Lawrence's study , that ...
... afterwards acquainted . Mr. Meynell's eldest daughter was afterwards married to Mr. Fitzherbert , father to Mr. Alleyne Fitz- herbert , lately minister to the court of Russia . Of her , Dr. Johnson said , in Dr. Lawrence's study , that ...
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