“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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... present , that nothing has lessened either the esteem or love with which I dismissed you at Harwich . Both have been increased by all that I have been told of you by yourself or others ; and when you return , you will return to an ...
... present , that nothing has lessened either the esteem or love with which I dismissed you at Harwich . Both have been increased by all that I have been told of you by yourself or others ; and when you return , you will return to an ...
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... presents above their wages ; it is remarkable that he would permit their relations to visit them , and stay at his house two or three days at a time . " The wonder , with most that hear an account of his economy , will be , how he was ...
... presents above their wages ; it is remarkable that he would permit their relations to visit them , and stay at his house two or three days at a time . " The wonder , with most that hear an account of his economy , will be , how he was ...
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... 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 Pater Æneas , who was the present spes , 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 Pater Æneas , who was the present spes , the ...
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... present power , or present money , I should not think it necessary to defend my opinions ; but with men of letters I would not unwillingly compound , by wishing the continuance of every language , however narrow in its extent , or ...
... present power , or present money , I should not think it necessary to defend my opinions ; but with men of letters I would not unwillingly compound , by wishing the continuance of every language , however narrow in its extent , or ...
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... present claim to disavow , Had long reserved a chaplet for his brow . He bows , obeys ; for Time shall first expire , Ere Johnson stay , when Virtue bids retire . " The Honourable Thomas Hervey1 and his lady , having unhappily disagreed ...
... present claim to disavow , Had long reserved a chaplet for his brow . He bows , obeys ; for Time shall first expire , Ere Johnson stay , when Virtue bids retire . " The Honourable Thomas Hervey1 and his lady , having unhappily disagreed ...
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