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, Volume 3J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... JOHN HOOLE , ESQ . " DEAR SIR , 2 " I HAVE returned your play , which you will find underscored with red , where there was a word which I did not like . The red will be washed off with a little water . 1 We had projected a voyage ...
... JOHN HOOLE , ESQ . " DEAR SIR , 2 " I HAVE returned your play , which you will find underscored with red , where there was a word which I did not like . The red will be washed off with a little water . 1 We had projected a voyage ...
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... John Dalrymple has exerted his talents , and which I am to answer as Counsel for the managers of the Royal Infirmary in that city . Mr. Jopp , the Provost , who delivered to you your freedom , is one of my clients , and , as a citizen ...
... John Dalrymple has exerted his talents , and which I am to answer as Counsel for the managers of the Royal Infirmary in that city . Mr. Jopp , the Provost , who delivered to you your freedom , is one of my clients , and , as a citizen ...
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... John- son's Tour with very great pleasure . Some few errours he has fallen into , but of no great import- ance , and those are lost in the numberless beauties of his work . " If I had leisure , I could perhaps point out the most ...
... John- son's Tour with very great pleasure . Some few errours he has fallen into , but of no great import- ance , and those are lost in the numberless beauties of his work . " If I had leisure , I could perhaps point out the most ...
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... our fellow - subjects in America . For , as early as 1769 , I was told by Dr. John Campbell , that he had said of them , Sir , they are a race of 66 convicts , and ought to be thankful for any thing 40 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
... our fellow - subjects in America . For , as early as 1769 , I was told by Dr. John Campbell , that he had said of them , Sir , they are a race of 66 convicts , and ought to be thankful for any thing 40 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
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... John Lord Somers , Baron of Evesham . " Dr. Johnson here speaks only to the internal evidence . I take leave to differ from him , having a very high estimation of the 66 of mind , such a swarm of thoughts , 46 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
... John Lord Somers , Baron of Evesham . " Dr. Johnson here speaks only to the internal evidence . I take leave to differ from him , having a very high estimation of the 66 of mind , such a swarm of thoughts , 46 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
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