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: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century, During which He Flourished. In Three VolumesHenry Baldwin, 1793 |
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... dined with him in Lon- don , in a company where were present several eminent men , whom I fhall not name , but diftin- guish their parts in the converfation by different letters . F. " I have been looking at this famous antique marble ...
... dined with him in Lon- don , in a company where were present several eminent men , whom I fhall not name , but diftin- guish their parts in the converfation by different letters . F. " I have been looking at this famous antique marble ...
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... ' ( fmiling ) . E. " If you allow no wine as Dicta- tor , you shall not have me for yourmafter of horse . " On Saturday , April 4 , I drank tea with Johnson at at Dr. Taylor's , where he had dined . He 18 THE LIFE OF.
... ' ( fmiling ) . E. " If you allow no wine as Dicta- tor , you shall not have me for yourmafter of horse . " On Saturday , April 4 , I drank tea with Johnson at at Dr. Taylor's , where he had dined . He 18 THE LIFE OF.
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... dined . He enter- 1778 . tained us with an account of a tragedy written by Etat . 69 . a Dr. Kennedy , ( not the Lisbon phyfician . ) " The catastrophe of it ( said he ) was , that a King , who was jealous of his Queen with his prime ...
... dined . He enter- 1778 . tained us with an account of a tragedy written by Etat . 69 . a Dr. Kennedy , ( not the Lisbon phyfician . ) " The catastrophe of it ( said he ) was , that a King , who was jealous of his Queen with his prime ...
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... dined with him at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , with the Bishop of St. Asaph , ( Dr. Shipley , ) Mr. Allan Ramfay , Mr. Gibbon , Mr. Cambridge , and Mr. Langton . Mr. Ram- fay had lately returned from Italy , and entertained us with his ...
... dined with him at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , with the Bishop of St. Asaph , ( Dr. Shipley , ) Mr. Allan Ramfay , Mr. Gibbon , Mr. Cambridge , and Mr. Langton . Mr. Ram- fay had lately returned from Italy , and entertained us with his ...
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... dined together with Mr. Scott ( now Sir William Scott , his Majefty's Advocate ) at his chambers in the Temple , nobody elfe there . The company being finall , Johnfon was not in fuch fpirits as he had been yesterday , and for a con ...
... dined together with Mr. Scott ( now Sir William Scott , his Majefty's Advocate ) at his chambers in the Temple , nobody elfe there . The company being finall , Johnfon was not in fuch fpirits as he had been yesterday , and for a con ...
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