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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... gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments of a diary and other papers as were left ; of which , before delivering them up to the residuary legatce , whose property they were , he endeavoured to extract the substance ...
... gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments of a diary and other papers as were left ; of which , before delivering them up to the residuary legatce , whose property they were , he endeavoured to extract the substance ...
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... gave me some account of what passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On that evening , his father , who had anxiously accompanied him , found means to have him introduced to Mr. Jor- den , who was to be his tutor . His ...
... gave me some account of what passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On that evening , his father , who had anxiously accompanied him , found means to have him introduced to Mr. Jor- den , who was to be his tutor . His ...
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... gave them to Lucy in the presence of my mother , to whom he showed them on the instant . She used to re- peat them to me , when I asked her for the Verses Dr. Johnson gave her On a Sprig of Myrtle ' which he had stolen or begged from ...
... gave them to Lucy in the presence of my mother , to whom he showed them on the instant . She used to re- peat them to me , when I asked her for the Verses Dr. Johnson gave her On a Sprig of Myrtle ' which he had stolen or begged from ...
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... gave the waiter a penny ; so that I was quite well served , nay , better than the rest , for they gave the waiter nothing . " He at this time , I believe , abstained entirely from fermented liquors : a practice to which he rigidly ...
... gave the waiter a penny ; so that I was quite well served , nay , better than the rest , for they gave the waiter nothing . " He at this time , I believe , abstained entirely from fermented liquors : a practice to which he rigidly ...
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... gave it to Mr. Langton , by whose favour a copy of it is now in my possession . It contains fragments of the intended plot , and speeches for the different persons of the drama , partly in the raw materials of prose , partly worked up ...
... gave it to Mr. Langton , by whose favour a copy of it is now in my possession . It contains fragments of the intended plot , and speeches for the different persons of the drama , partly in the raw materials of prose , partly worked up ...
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