“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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... lady who had an asylum in his house.1 Of these , 1 In a paper already mentioned , ( see vol . i . , p . 41 , and near the end of the year 1763 ) the following account of this publication is given by a lady ( Lady Knight ) well ...
... lady who had an asylum in his house.1 Of these , 1 In a paper already mentioned , ( see vol . i . , p . 41 , and near the end of the year 1763 ) the following account of this publication is given by a lady ( Lady Knight ) well ...
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... lady , having unhappily disagreed , and being about to separate , Johnson interfered as their friend , and wrote him a letter of expostulation , which I have not been able to find ; but the substance of it is ascertained by a letter to ...
... lady , having unhappily disagreed , and being about to separate , Johnson interfered as their friend , and wrote him a letter of expostulation , which I have not been able to find ; but the substance of it is ascertained by a letter to ...
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... lady for the sum of five hundred pounds . - BOSWELL . 2 In his letter to Mr. Drummond , dated Oct. 24 , 1767 , he mentions that he had arrived in London , after an absence of nearly six months in the country . Probably part of that time ...
... lady for the sum of five hundred pounds . - BOSWELL . 2 In his letter to Mr. Drummond , dated Oct. 24 , 1767 , he mentions that he had arrived in London , after an absence of nearly six months in the country . Probably part of that time ...
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... lady of Norfolk , by a letter to my friend Dr. Burney , has favoured me with the following solution : " Now for the explication of this seeming mystery , which is so very obvious as , for that reason , to have escaped the penetration of ...
... lady of Norfolk , by a letter to my friend Dr. Burney , has favoured me with the following solution : " Now for the explication of this seeming mystery , which is so very obvious as , for that reason , to have escaped the penetration of ...
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... lady whom he greatly admired and wished to marry , but was afraid of her superiority of talents . " Sir , ” intellectual powers , and uncommon ardour of soul . Would he had been a Christian ! I can- not help earnestly venturing to hope ...
... lady whom he greatly admired and wished to marry , but was afraid of her superiority of talents . " Sir , ” intellectual powers , and uncommon ardour of soul . Would he had been a Christian ! I can- not help earnestly venturing to hope ...
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