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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... Occasion - Various Writings - Projected History of the War - Murphy's " Poetical Epistle " to Johnson -Account of their Acquaintance - Letters to Larg . ton , Baretti , & c . - Grant of Pension by George III . to Johnson - Visit to ...
... Occasion - Various Writings - Projected History of the War - Murphy's " Poetical Epistle " to Johnson -Account of their Acquaintance - Letters to Larg . ton , Baretti , & c . - Grant of Pension by George III . to Johnson - Visit to ...
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... occasion no dimi- nution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be dis appointed of its gratifications . I am , my dear Sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble servant , JAMES BOSWELL ...
... occasion no dimi- nution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be dis appointed of its gratifications . I am , my dear Sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble servant , JAMES BOSWELL ...
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... occasions I differed from him , and followed my own judgment . I regret exceedingly that I was deprived of the ... occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter not knowing where it will find you , to ...
... occasions I differed from him , and followed my own judgment . I regret exceedingly that I was deprived of the ... occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter not knowing where it will find you , to ...
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... occasion * have been received with so much approbation that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample commu- nications of a similar nature . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if his ...
... occasion * have been received with so much approbation that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample commu- nications of a similar nature . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if his ...
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... occasions in his subsequent life , justly impressed the world with the highest admiration . Nor can any one , conversant ... occasion of his writing , many years after- wards , his admirable philosophical tale , the prin- cipal scene of ...
... occasions in his subsequent life , justly impressed the world with the highest admiration . Nor can any one , conversant ... occasion of his writing , many years after- wards , his admirable philosophical tale , the prin- cipal scene of ...
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