“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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... speaking his own sentiments . Notwithstanding his long silence , I never omitted to write to him , when I had anything worthy of communicating . I generally kept copies of my letters to him , that I might have a full view of our corres ...
... speaking his own sentiments . Notwithstanding his long silence , I never omitted to write to him , when I had anything worthy of communicating . I generally kept copies of my letters to him , that I might have a full view of our corres ...
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... speak ; and that his learning resembled Garrick's acting , in its universality . His Majesty then talked of the controversy between Warburton and Lowth , which he seems to have read , and asked Johnson what he thought of it . Johnson ...
... speak ; and that his learning resembled Garrick's acting , in its universality . His Majesty then talked of the controversy between Warburton and Lowth , which he seems to have read , and asked Johnson what he thought of it . Johnson ...
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... speak of his correspondence , I consider it inde- pendent of the voluminous collection of letters which , in the course of many years , he wrote to Mrs. Thrale , which forms a separate part of his works ; and as a proof of the high ...
... speak of his correspondence , I consider it inde- pendent of the voluminous collection of letters which , in the course of many years , he wrote to Mrs. Thrale , which forms a separate part of his works ; and as a proof of the high ...
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... and to show her that I was as Johnsonian as herself . Dr. Johnson had probably been kind enough to " A Wife , " a poem , 1614. - BOSWELL . speak well of me , for this evening he delivered 46 [ 1769 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... and to show her that I was as Johnsonian as herself . Dr. Johnson had probably been kind enough to " A Wife , " a poem , 1614. - BOSWELL . speak well of me , for this evening he delivered 46 [ 1769 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... speak well of me , for this evening he delivered me a very polite card from Mr. Thrale and her , inviting me to Streatham . On the 6th of October I complied with this obliging invitation , and found , at an elegant villa , six miles ...
... speak well of me , for this evening he delivered me a very polite card from Mr. Thrale and her , inviting me to Streatham . On the 6th of October I complied with this obliging invitation , and found , at an elegant villa , six miles ...
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