The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1925 |
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... Reverend Dr. Taylor , which , as Taylor told me , expressed grief in the strongest manner he had ever read ; so that it is much to be regretted it has not been preserved.1 The letter was brought to Dr. Taylor , at his house in the ...
... Reverend Dr. Taylor , which , as Taylor told me , expressed grief in the strongest manner he had ever read ; so that it is much to be regretted it has not been preserved.1 The letter was brought to Dr. Taylor , at his house in the ...
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... REVEREND MR . BAGSHAW , AT BROMLEY.1 " SIR , " I RETURN you my sincere thanks for your additions to my Dictionary ; but the new edition has been published some 1 The Reverend Thomas Bagshaw , M.A. , who died on November 20 , 1787 , in ...
... REVEREND MR . BAGSHAW , AT BROMLEY.1 " SIR , " I RETURN you my sincere thanks for your additions to my Dictionary ; but the new edition has been published some 1 The Reverend Thomas Bagshaw , M.A. , who died on November 20 , 1787 , in ...
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James Boswell. TO THE REVEREND MR . WILSON , Clitheroe , Lancashire . " C REVEREND SIR , " THAT I have long omitted to return you thanks for the honour conferred upon me by your Dedication , I entreat you with great earnestness not to ...
James Boswell. TO THE REVEREND MR . WILSON , Clitheroe , Lancashire . " C REVEREND SIR , " THAT I have long omitted to return you thanks for the honour conferred upon me by your Dedication , I entreat you with great earnestness not to ...
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