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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... Lord is every where present ; and that , therefore , to come to Jona , or to Jerusalem , though it may be useful , cannot be necessary . " Thus I have answered your letter , and have not answered it negligently . I love you too well to ...
... Lord is every where present ; and that , therefore , to come to Jona , or to Jerusalem , though it may be useful , cannot be necessary . " Thus I have answered your letter , and have not answered it negligently . I love you too well to ...
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... LORD HAILEs has begged of me to offer you his best respects , and to transmit to you specimens of ' Annals of Scotland , from the Accession of Malcolm Kenmore to the Death of James V. ' in drawing up which , his Lordship has been ...
... LORD HAILEs has begged of me to offer you his best respects , and to transmit to you specimens of ' Annals of Scotland , from the Accession of Malcolm Kenmore to the Death of James V. ' in drawing up which , his Lordship has been ...
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... Lord Hailes otherwise than with high respect . I return the sheets , to which I have done what mischief I could ; and finding it so little , thought not much of sending them . The narrative is clear , lively , and short . " I have done ...
... Lord Hailes otherwise than with high respect . I return the sheets , to which I have done what mischief I could ; and finding it so little , thought not much of sending them . The narrative is clear , lively , and short . " I have done ...
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... Lord Hailes's ' Annals of Scotland ' are excellent . I agreed with you on every one of them . He himself objected only to the alteration of free to brave , in the passage where he says that Edward ' departed with the glory due to the ...
... Lord Hailes's ' Annals of Scotland ' are excellent . I agreed with you on every one of them . He himself objected only to the alteration of free to brave , in the passage where he says that Edward ' departed with the glory due to the ...
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... Lord Hailes writes to me thus : ' Mr. Boswell will be pleased to express the grateful sense which Sir David Dalrymple has of Dr. Johnson's attention to his little specimen . The further speci- men will shew , that Even in an Edward he ...
... Lord Hailes writes to me thus : ' Mr. Boswell will be pleased to express the grateful sense which Sir David Dalrymple has of Dr. Johnson's attention to his little specimen . The further speci- men will shew , that Even in an Edward he ...
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