The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, 1878 |
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... Miss Reynolds , Murphy , Cumberland , Nichols , and the other friends and acquaintances of Dr. Johnson , who have , in their various writings , added to the general record of his wit and wisdom . This arrangement has seemed that most ...
... Miss Reynolds , Murphy , Cumberland , Nichols , and the other friends and acquaintances of Dr. Johnson , who have , in their various writings , added to the general record of his wit and wisdom . This arrangement has seemed that most ...
Page viii
... Miss Lucy Porter , many letters addressed to that lady by Dr. Johnson , but for which Boswell had inquired in vain ; of Lord Rokeby , the nephew and heir of Mrs. Montagu , who placed Johnson's correspondence with her at his disposal ...
... Miss Lucy Porter , many letters addressed to that lady by Dr. Johnson , but for which Boswell had inquired in vain ; of Lord Rokeby , the nephew and heir of Mrs. Montagu , who placed Johnson's correspondence with her at his disposal ...
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... Miss Reynolds , a MS . of seventy pages , written by that lady , and entitled , " Recollections of Dr. Johnson ; " of Mr. Markland , whom ne thanks ( as the present Editors must again do ) for " a great deal of zealous assistance and ...
... Miss Reynolds , a MS . of seventy pages , written by that lady , and entitled , " Recollections of Dr. Johnson ; " of Mr. Markland , whom ne thanks ( as the present Editors must again do ) for " a great deal of zealous assistance and ...
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... Miss Porter - His Mother's Death " Rasselas , Prince of Abyssinią " -Miscellanies - Excursion to Oxford - Francis Barber - John Wilkes - Smollett - Letter to Mrs. Montagu - Mrs . Ogle - Mylne the Architect , .. 267 CHAPTER XIV . 1760 ...
... Miss Porter - His Mother's Death " Rasselas , Prince of Abyssinią " -Miscellanies - Excursion to Oxford - Francis Barber - John Wilkes - Smollett - Letter to Mrs. Montagu - Mrs . Ogle - Mylne the Architect , .. 267 CHAPTER XIV . 1760 ...
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... Miss Williams's Tea Parties - Anecdotes of Goldsmith , • 829 CHAPTER XVII . , 1763 . London - Miss Porter's Legacy - Boswell and his Landlord - Suppers at the Mitre- " The King can do no Wrong " -Historical Composition - Bayle ...
... Miss Williams's Tea Parties - Anecdotes of Goldsmith , • 829 CHAPTER XVII . , 1763 . London - Miss Porter's Legacy - Boswell and his Landlord - Suppers at the Mitre- " The King can do no Wrong " -Historical Composition - Bayle ...
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