“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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... occasion of this corre- spondence between Dr. Johnson and Mr. Hervey , was thus related to me by Mr. Beauclerk . " Tom Hervey had a great liking for Johnson , and in his will had left him a legacy of fifty pounds . One day he said to me ...
... occasion of this corre- spondence between Dr. Johnson and Mr. Hervey , was thus related to me by Mr. Beauclerk . " Tom Hervey had a great liking for Johnson , and in his will had left him a legacy of fifty pounds . One day he said to me ...
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... occasions an epidemic cold . ' If I am not mistaken , Mr. Macaulay is dead ; if living , this solution might please him , as I hope it will Mr. Boswell , in return for the many agreeable hours his works have afforded us . " Johnson ...
... occasions an epidemic cold . ' If I am not mistaken , Mr. Macaulay is dead ; if living , this solution might please him , as I hope it will Mr. Boswell , in return for the many agreeable hours his works have afforded us . " Johnson ...
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... occasions remarkable . Taking care to keep in view the moral and religious duty , as understood in our nation , he showed clearly from reason and good sense , the greater degree of culpability in the one sex deviating from it than the ...
... occasions remarkable . Taking care to keep in view the moral and religious duty , as understood in our nation , he showed clearly from reason and good sense , the greater degree of culpability in the one sex deviating from it than the ...
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... occasion he had very little DR . ROBERTSON . opportunity of hearing them talk , for with an excess of prudence , for which Johnson afterwards found fault with them , they hardly opened their lips , and that only to say some- thing which ...
... occasion he had very little DR . ROBERTSON . opportunity of hearing them talk , for with an excess of prudence , for which Johnson afterwards found fault with them , they hardly opened their lips , and that only to say some- thing which ...
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... occasion of his talking somewhat too harshly to his friend Dr. Percy , for which , probably , when the first ebullition was over , he felt some compunction , he took an opportunity to give him a hit so added , with a preparatory laugh ...
... occasion of his talking somewhat too harshly to his friend Dr. Percy , for which , probably , when the first ebullition was over , he felt some compunction , he took an opportunity to give him a hit so added , with a preparatory laugh ...
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