“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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... late Mr. William Drummond , bookseller , in Edinburgh , a gentleman of good family , but small estate , who took arms for the house of Stuart in 1745 ; and during his concealment in London till the act of general pardon came out ...
... late Mr. William Drummond , bookseller , in Edinburgh , a gentleman of good family , but small estate , who took arms for the house of Stuart in 1745 ; and during his concealment in London till the act of general pardon came out ...
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... late Minister of Killin , distinguished by his eminent piety , learning , and taste ? The amiable simplicity of his life , his warm benevolence , his indefatigable and successful exertions for civilising and improving the parish of ...
... late Minister of Killin , distinguished by his eminent piety , learning , and taste ? The amiable simplicity of his life , his warm benevolence , his indefatigable and successful exertions for civilising and improving the parish of ...
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... late Mr. Strahan , the printer , to Bishop Warburton ; and from a minute , the original of which is among the papers of the late Sir James Caldwell , and a copy of which was most obligingly obtained for me from his son Sir John Caldwell ...
... late Mr. Strahan , the printer , to Bishop Warburton ; and from a minute , the original of which is among the papers of the late Sir James Caldwell , and a copy of which was most obligingly obtained for me from his son Sir John Caldwell ...
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... late any such character exhibited on the stage as that of Croaker . I observed it was the Suspirius of his " Rambler . " He said , Goldsmith had owned he had borrowed it from thence . " Sir , " continued he , " there is all the ...
... late any such character exhibited on the stage as that of Croaker . I observed it was the Suspirius of his " Rambler . " He said , Goldsmith had owned he had borrowed it from thence . " Sir , " continued he , " there is all the ...
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... late Reverend Mr. Christian , of Docking — after ruminating a little , ' The cause , ' says he , ' is a natural one . The situation of St. Kilda renders a north - east wind indispensably necessary before a stranger can land . The wind ...
... late Reverend Mr. Christian , of Docking — after ruminating a little , ' The cause , ' says he , ' is a natural one . The situation of St. Kilda renders a north - east wind indispensably necessary before a stranger can land . The wind ...
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