“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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... Lord Monboddo - Scotch Church - Second Sight -Thirty - nine Articles - Royal Marriage Bill - Foote's Mimicry - Fourth Edition of the Dictionary prepared - Mr . Peyton - Origin of Languages - Flogging - Scottish Accent - Ghost Stories ...
... Lord Monboddo - Scotch Church - Second Sight -Thirty - nine Articles - Royal Marriage Bill - Foote's Mimicry - Fourth Edition of the Dictionary prepared - Mr . Peyton - Origin of Languages - Flogging - Scottish Accent - Ghost Stories ...
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... Lord Bute - Value of Knowledge - Fame and Immortality - Advantages of Reading - Dinner at Mr. Cambridge's - Johnson's objections to Female Portrait- Painters - Isaac Walton's " Lives " -- Gay's " Beggar's Opera " -Richard Brinsley ...
... Lord Bute - Value of Knowledge - Fame and Immortality - Advantages of Reading - Dinner at Mr. Cambridge's - Johnson's objections to Female Portrait- Painters - Isaac Walton's " Lives " -- Gay's " Beggar's Opera " -Richard Brinsley ...
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... Lord Bute some years ago . Now I consider the present Earl of Bute to be ' Excelsæ familiæ de Bute spes prima ; ' and my Lord Mountstuart , as his eldest son , to be ' spes altera . ' So in Æneid xii . 1. 168 , after having mentioned ...
... Lord Bute some years ago . Now I consider the present Earl of Bute to be ' Excelsæ familiæ de Bute spes prima ; ' and my Lord Mountstuart , as his eldest son , to be ' spes altera . ' So in Æneid xii . 1. 168 , after having mentioned ...
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... Lord Caermarthen now Duke of Leeds , then one of his Majesty's principal secretaries of state , who announced to Sir Francis the Royal pleasure concerning it by a letter , in these His Majesty began by observing , that he understood he.
... Lord Caermarthen now Duke of Leeds , then one of his Majesty's principal secretaries of state , who announced to Sir Francis the Royal pleasure concerning it by a letter , in these His Majesty began by observing , that he understood he.
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... Lord Lyttelton's history , which was then just published . Johnson said , he thought his style pretty good , but that he had blamed Henry the Second rather too much . 66 Why , " said the king , " they seldom do these things by halves ...
... Lord Lyttelton's history , which was then just published . Johnson said , he thought his style pretty good , but that he had blamed Henry the Second rather too much . 66 Why , " said the king , " they seldom do these things by halves ...
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