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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... seen of it , is a very beautiful and rich country , all enclosed , and planted . Denbigh is not a mean town . Make my compliments to all my friends , and tell Frank I hope he remembers my advice . When his money is out , let him have ...
... seen of it , is a very beautiful and rich country , all enclosed , and planted . Denbigh is not a mean town . Make my compliments to all my friends , and tell Frank I hope he remembers my advice . When his money is out , let him have ...
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... seen St. Asaph and Ban- gor , the two seats of their Bishops ; have been upon Penmanmaur and Snowden , and passed over into Anglesea . But Wales is so little different from England , that it offers nothing to the speculation of the ...
... seen St. Asaph and Ban- gor , the two seats of their Bishops ; have been upon Penmanmaur and Snowden , and passed over into Anglesea . But Wales is so little different from England , that it offers nothing to the speculation of the ...
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... seen in Scotland . " Parliament having been dissolved , and his friend Mr. Thrale , who was a steady supporter of government , having again to encounter the storm of a contested election , he wrote a short political pamphlet , entitled ...
... seen in Scotland . " Parliament having been dissolved , and his friend Mr. Thrale , who was a steady supporter of government , having again to encounter the storm of a contested election , he wrote a short political pamphlet , entitled ...
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... seen at Mr. Thrale's , is a petitioner for Mr. Hethering- ton's charity : petitions are this day issued at Christ's Hospital . " I am a bad manager of business in a crowd ; and if I should send a mean man , he may be put away without ...
... seen at Mr. Thrale's , is a petitioner for Mr. Hethering- ton's charity : petitions are this day issued at Christ's Hospital . " I am a bad manager of business in a crowd ; and if I should send a mean man , he may be put away without ...
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... seen the sheets . My compliments to Mrs. Boswell , and to Veronica , and to all my friends . I am , sir , " January 14 , 1775. ” " Your most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " MR . BOSWELL TO DR . JOHNSON . " Edinburgh , Jan. 19 ...
... seen the sheets . My compliments to Mrs. Boswell , and to Veronica , and to all my friends . I am , sir , " January 14 , 1775. ” " Your most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " MR . BOSWELL TO DR . JOHNSON . " Edinburgh , Jan. 19 ...
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