“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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... received larger assistance ; and some , after all the diligence I have bestowed , have escaped my inquiries . He told me , a great many years ago , " he believed he had dedicated to all the royal family round ; " and it was indifferent ...
... received larger assistance ; and some , after all the diligence I have bestowed , have escaped my inquiries . He told me , a great many years ago , " he believed he had dedicated to all the royal family round ; " and it was indifferent ...
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... received me with much kindness . The fragments of our first conversation , which I have preserved , are these : I told him that Voltaire , in a conversation with me , had distinguished Pope and Dryden thus : — “ Pope drives a handsome ...
... received me with much kindness . The fragments of our first conversation , which I have preserved , are these : I told him that Voltaire , in a conversation with me , had distinguished Pope and Dryden thus : — “ Pope drives a handsome ...
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... received a copy of my inaugural Exercise , or Thesis in Civil Law , which I published at my admission as an Advocate , as is the custom in Scotland . He then wrote to me as follows : - " DEAR SIR , ** " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . London ...
... received a copy of my inaugural Exercise , or Thesis in Civil Law , which I published at my admission as an Advocate , as is the custom in Scotland . He then wrote to me as follows : - " DEAR SIR , ** " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . London ...
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... received additions from his superior pen , particularly " Verses to Mr. Richardson , on his Sir Charles Grandison ; " The Excursion ; " " Reflections on a Grave digging in Westminster Abbey . " There is in this collection a poem , " On ...
... received additions from his superior pen , particularly " Verses to Mr. Richardson , on his Sir Charles Grandison ; " The Excursion ; " " Reflections on a Grave digging in Westminster Abbey . " There is in this collection a poem , " On ...
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... received at the same time with yours ; and to whom , if you see her , you will make my excuse for the seeming neglect of answering her . " Whatever you advance within ten pounds shall be immediately returned to you , or paid as you ...
... received at the same time with yours ; and to whom , if you see her , you will make my excuse for the seeming neglect of answering her . " Whatever you advance within ten pounds shall be immediately returned to you , or paid as you ...
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