“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order, a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons, and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: ...G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... DEAR SIR , Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , January 14 , 1766 . ' Apologies are seldom of any use . We will delay till your arrival the reasons , good or bad , which have made me such a sparing and ungrateful correspondent . Be ...
... DEAR SIR , Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , January 14 , 1766 . ' Apologies are seldom of any use . We will delay till your arrival the reasons , good or bad , which have made me such a sparing and ungrateful correspondent . Be ...
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... Dear Sir , your affectionate and humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " I returned to London in February , and found Dr. Johnson in a good house in Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , in which he had accommodated Miss Williams with an ...
... Dear Sir , your affectionate and humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " I returned to London in February , and found Dr. Johnson in a good house in Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , in which he had accommodated Miss Williams with an ...
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... Sir , you are to calculate , and not to pay too dear for what you get . You must not give a shilling's worth of court for sixpence worth of good . But it you can get a shilling's worth of good for sixpence worth of court , you are a ...
... Sir , you are to calculate , and not to pay too dear for what you get . You must not give a shilling's worth of court for sixpence worth of good . But it you can get a shilling's worth of good for sixpence worth of court , you are a ...
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... DEAR SIR , LINCOLNSHIRE . March 9 , 1766 ; Johnson's - court , Fleet - street . " What your friends have done , that from your departure till now nothing has been heard of you , none of us are able to inform the rest ; but as we are all ...
... DEAR SIR , LINCOLNSHIRE . March 9 , 1766 ; Johnson's - court , Fleet - street . " What your friends have done , that from your departure till now nothing has been heard of you , none of us are able to inform the rest ; but as we are all ...
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... dear Sir , most affectionately yours , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . , AT LANGTON , NEAR SPILSBY , " DEAR SIR , LINCOLNSHIRE . May 10 , 1766 ; Johnson's - court , Flect - street . " In supposing that I should be more ...
... dear Sir , most affectionately yours , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . , AT LANGTON , NEAR SPILSBY , " DEAR SIR , LINCOLNSHIRE . May 10 , 1766 ; Johnson's - court , Flect - street . " In supposing that I should be more ...
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