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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... died . Such melancholy disappointments we know to be incident to humanity ; but we do not feel them the less . Let me particularly lament the Reve- rend Thomas Warton , and the Reverend Dr. Adams . Mr. Warton , amidst his variety of ...
... died . Such melancholy disappointments we know to be incident to humanity ; but we do not feel them the less . Let me particularly lament the Reve- rend Thomas Warton , and the Reverend Dr. Adams . Mr. Warton , amidst his variety of ...
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... died on the 19th of May , 1795. All the Notes that he had written in the margin of the copy which he had in part revised , are here faithfully preserved ; and a few new Notes have been added , principally by some of those friends to ...
... died on the 19th of May , 1795. All the Notes that he had written in the margin of the copy which he had in part revised , are here faithfully preserved ; and a few new Notes have been added , principally by some of those friends to ...
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... died in 1737. Their father , Michael Johnson , was born at Cubley , in Derby- shire , in 1656 , and died at Lichfield , in 1731 , at the age of seventy - six . Sarah Ford , his wife , was born at King's- Norton , in the county of ...
... died in 1737. Their father , Michael Johnson , was born at Cubley , in Derby- shire , in 1656 , and died at Lichfield , in 1731 , at the age of seventy - six . Sarah Ford , his wife , was born at King's- Norton , in the county of ...
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... died . The state of poverty in which he died , appears from a note in one of Johnson's little diaries of the following year , which strongly displays his spirit and virtuous dignity of mind . 1732 , • See Nash's History of ...
... died . The state of poverty in which he died , appears from a note in one of Johnson's little diaries of the following year , which strongly displays his spirit and virtuous dignity of mind . 1732 , • See Nash's History of ...
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... died August 3rd , 1751 , and a monuiment to his me- mory has been erected in the cathedral of Lichfield , with an inscription written by Mr. Seward , one of the Pre- bendaries . - BOSWELL . His translation of " My time , O ye Muses ...
... died August 3rd , 1751 , and a monuiment to his me- mory has been erected in the cathedral of Lichfield , with an inscription written by Mr. Seward , one of the Pre- bendaries . - BOSWELL . His translation of " My time , O ye Muses ...
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