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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... wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable ' Tour , ' which I found here on my return from the country ...
... wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable ' Tour , ' which I found here on my return from the country ...
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... wrote any of his works that were printed , twice over . Dr. Burney's wonder at seeing several pages of his " Lives of the Poets , " in manuscript , with scarce a blot or erasure , drew this observation from hin ..- MALONE . from their ...
... wrote any of his works that were printed , twice over . Dr. Burney's wonder at seeing several pages of his " Lives of the Poets , " in manuscript , with scarce a blot or erasure , drew this observation from hin ..- MALONE . from their ...
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... wrote a copy of verses , which I have not been able to recover ; § but with what facility and elegance he Miss Cave , the grand - niece of Mr. Edward Cave , has obligingly shown me the originals of this and the other letters of Dr ...
... wrote a copy of verses , which I have not been able to recover ; § but with what facility and elegance he Miss Cave , the grand - niece of Mr. Edward Cave , has obligingly shown me the originals of this and the other letters of Dr ...
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... wrote for the " Gentleman's Magazine " and the first parts of those of " Sir Francis Drake , " [ * ] and Philip Barretier , " [ * ] t both which he finished the following year . He also wrote an " Essay on Epitaphs , and an " Epitaph on ...
... wrote for the " Gentleman's Magazine " and the first parts of those of " Sir Francis Drake , " [ * ] and Philip Barretier , " [ * ] t both which he finished the following year . He also wrote an " Essay on Epitaphs , and an " Epitaph on ...
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... wrote for the " Gentleman's Magazine " the " Preface , " [ t ] " Conclusion of his Lives of Drake and Barretier , " [ * ] " A free Translation of the Jests of Hierocles , with an Introduction ; " and , I think , the following pieces ...
... wrote for the " Gentleman's Magazine " the " Preface , " [ t ] " Conclusion of his Lives of Drake and Barretier , " [ * ] " A free Translation of the Jests of Hierocles , with an Introduction ; " and , I think , the following pieces ...
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