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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... dated , but written about the 15th of March . ] " I AM ashamed to think that since I received your letter I have passed so many days without an- swering it . VOL . III . B " I think there is no great difficulty in resolving THE ...
... dated , but written about the 15th of March . ] " I AM ashamed to think that since I received your letter I have passed so many days without an- swering it . VOL . III . B " I think there is no great difficulty in resolving THE ...
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... received for you , from the Society for you 1 Dr. Goldsmith died April 4 , this year . propagating Christian Knowledge in Scotland , the following Erse books B 3 Etat . 65. ] DR . JOHNSON did not write to London what you said to him...
... received for you , from the Society for you 1 Dr. Goldsmith died April 4 , this year . propagating Christian Knowledge in Scotland , the following Erse books B 3 Etat . 65. ] DR . JOHNSON did not write to London what you said to him...
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... received four Erse books , without any direction , and suspect that they are intended for the Oxford library . If that is the intention , I think it will be proper to add the metrical psalms , and what- 1 I had written to him , to ...
... received four Erse books , without any direction , and suspect that they are intended for the Oxford library . If that is the intention , I think it will be proper to add the metrical psalms , and what- 1 I had written to him , to ...
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... receiving it I had informed him of the melancholy event that the young Laird of Col was unfortunately drowned . < " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " DEAR SIR , 6 " LAST night I corrected the last page of our Journey to the Hebrides . ' The ...
... receiving it I had informed him of the melancholy event that the young Laird of Col was unfortunately drowned . < " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " DEAR SIR , 6 " LAST night I corrected the last page of our Journey to the Hebrides . ' The ...
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... receiving any more , promise punctually to return them by the next post . Make my compliments to dear Mrs. Boswell , and to Miss Veronica . I am , dear sir , " Yours most faithfully , “ Jan. 1 , 1775. " " SAM . JOHNSON . " I " MR ...
... receiving any more , promise punctually to return them by the next post . Make my compliments to dear Mrs. Boswell , and to Miss Veronica . I am , dear sir , " Yours most faithfully , “ Jan. 1 , 1775. " " SAM . JOHNSON . " I " MR ...
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