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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... Truth - Huggins - Mrs . Clive - Farquhar Garrick - Langley - Spence - Dr. Forster - Mrs . Lennox - Beauclerk - Lord Elibank - Mr . Dossie- Toleration - Johnson's Memory - Dr . Parr - Ma- chinery of Pagan Poets - Hospitality - Rev . Dr ...
... Truth - Huggins - Mrs . Clive - Farquhar Garrick - Langley - Spence - Dr. Forster - Mrs . Lennox - Beauclerk - Lord Elibank - Mr . Dossie- Toleration - Johnson's Memory - Dr . Parr - Ma- chinery of Pagan Poets - Hospitality - Rev . Dr ...
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... Truth - Junius - Pope's " Dun- ciad " Mr. Lewis - Mickle The English Bar- Chief Justice Hale 467 CHAP . LVI . 1784. - Johnson's Return to London- Rev. Mr. Astle - Mr . Cator - Horace Walpole- " Ever - memorable " John Hales- " No , Sir ...
... Truth - Junius - Pope's " Dun- ciad " Mr. Lewis - Mickle The English Bar- Chief Justice Hale 467 CHAP . LVI . 1784. - Johnson's Return to London- Rev. Mr. Astle - Mr . Cator - Horace Walpole- " Ever - memorable " John Hales- " No , Sir ...
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... truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , how- ever , I have managed so as to occasion no dimi- nution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be ...
... truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , how- ever , I have managed so as to occasion no dimi- nution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be ...
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... truth . ” [ Rambler , No. 60. ] following work , is , the quantity it contains of What I consider as the peculiar value of the Johnson's conversation , which is universally ac- knowledged to have been eminently instructive and ...
... truth . ” [ Rambler , No. 60. ] following work , is , the quantity it contains of What I consider as the peculiar value of the Johnson's conversation , which is universally ac- knowledged to have been eminently instructive and ...
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... truth is , that the appellation of Gentleman , though now lost in the indiscriminate assumption of Esquire , was com- monly taken by those who could not boast of gentility . His father was Michael Johnson , a native of Derbyshire , of ...
... truth is , that the appellation of Gentleman , though now lost in the indiscriminate assumption of Esquire , was com- monly taken by those who could not boast of gentility . His father was Michael Johnson , a native of Derbyshire , of ...
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