Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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... Beauclerk ; Johnson , soon after this acquaintance began , passed a considerable time at Oxford . He at first ... Beauclerk's being of the St. Alban's family , and having , in some particulars , a resemblance to Charles the Second ...
... Beauclerk ; Johnson , soon after this acquaintance began , passed a considerable time at Oxford . He at first ... Beauclerk's being of the St. Alban's family , and having , in some particulars , a resemblance to Charles the Second ...
Page 65
... Beauclerk , ) you are like Hogarth's Idle Apprentice . " When Johnson got his pension , Beauclerk said to him , in the humorous phrase of Falstaff , hope you'll now purge and live cleanly , like a gentleman . ” 66 One night , when Beauclerk ...
... Beauclerk , ) you are like Hogarth's Idle Apprentice . " When Johnson got his pension , Beauclerk said to him , in the humorous phrase of Falstaff , hope you'll now purge and live cleanly , like a gentleman . ” 66 One night , when Beauclerk ...
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... Beauclerk and Dr. Johnson . " The melancholy information you have received concerning Mr. Beauclerk's death is true . Had his talents been directed in any sufficient degree as they ought , I have always been strongly of opinion that ...
... Beauclerk and Dr. Johnson . " The melancholy information you have received concerning Mr. Beauclerk's death is true . Had his talents been directed in any sufficient degree as they ought , I have always been strongly of opinion that ...
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