Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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... Oxford at this time , Mr. Warton preserved and com- municated to me the following memorial , which , though not written with all the care and attention which that learned and ele- gant writer bestowed on those compositions which he ...
... Oxford at this time , Mr. Warton preserved and com- municated to me the following memorial , which , though not written with all the care and attention which that learned and ele- gant writer bestowed on those compositions which he ...
Page 72
... Oxford would " I forgot to observe before , that when he left Mr. Meeke ( as I have told above ) , he add - pay him the compliment . ed , ' About the same time of life , Meeke was left behind at Oxford to feed on a Fellow- ship , and I ...
... Oxford would " I forgot to observe before , that when he left Mr. Meeke ( as I have told above ) , he add - pay him the compliment . ed , ' About the same time of life , Meeke was left behind at Oxford to feed on a Fellow- ship , and I ...
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... OXFORD . " DEAR SIR , " FEW things are more unpleasant than the transaction of business with men who are above knowing or caring what they have to do ; such as the trustees for Lord Corn- bury's institution will , perhaps , appear ...
... OXFORD . " DEAR SIR , " FEW things are more unpleasant than the transaction of business with men who are above knowing or caring what they have to do ; such as the trustees for Lord Corn- bury's institution will , perhaps , appear ...
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