The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... be an incentive to that wise art of living which he so successfully practised . " — BOSWELL . terest in knowing . His death , I hope , ÆTAT . 57. ] 15 DR . JOHNSON . "His art of life certainly deserves to be known ...
... be an incentive to that wise art of living which he so successfully practised . " — BOSWELL . terest in knowing . His death , I hope , ÆTAT . 57. ] 15 DR . JOHNSON . "His art of life certainly deserves to be known ...
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... Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " May 10 , 1766. ” After I had been some time in Scotland , I mentioned to him in a letter that " on my first return to my native country , after some years of absence , I was ...
... Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " May 10 , 1766. ” After I had been some time in Scotland , I mentioned to him in a letter that " on my first return to my native country , after some years of absence , I was ...
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... Johnson's diary , that he was this year at Mr. Thrale's , from before . Midsummer till after Michael- mas , and that he afterwards passed a month at Oxford . He had then contracted a great intimacy with Mr. Cham- bers of that university ...
... Johnson's diary , that he was this year at Mr. Thrale's , from before . Midsummer till after Michael- mas , and that he afterwards passed a month at Oxford . He had then contracted a great intimacy with Mr. Cham- bers of that university ...
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... Johnson's . I asked Mrs. Williams whether it was not his . " Sir , " said she , with some warmth , " I wrote that poem before I had the honour of Dr. John- son's acquaintance . " I however was so much impressed with my first notion ...
... Johnson's . I asked Mrs. Williams whether it was not his . " Sir , " said she , with some warmth , " I wrote that poem before I had the honour of Dr. John- son's acquaintance . " I however was so much impressed with my first notion ...
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... JOHNSON . " Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , Aug. 13 , 1766. " The opponents of this pious scheme being made ashamed of their conduct , the benevolent undertaking was allowed to go on . The following letters , though not written ...
... JOHNSON . " Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , Aug. 13 , 1766. " The opponents of this pious scheme being made ashamed of their conduct , the benevolent undertaking was allowed to go on . The following letters , though not written ...
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