The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... Magazine . One of them is a translation of My time , O ye Muses , was happily spent , etc. He died August 3 , 1751 , and a monument to his memory has been erected in the cathedral of Lichfield , with an inscription written by Mr. Seward ...
... Magazine . One of them is a translation of My time , O ye Muses , was happily spent , etc. He died August 3 , 1751 , and a monument to his memory has been erected in the cathedral of Lichfield , with an inscription written by Mr. Seward ...
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... Magazine . TO MR . CAVE . Nov. 25 , 1734 . " SIR , -As you appear no less sensible than your readers of the defects of your poetical article , you will not be dis- pleased , if , in order to the improvement of it , I communi- cate to ...
... Magazine . TO MR . CAVE . Nov. 25 , 1734 . " SIR , -As you appear no less sensible than your readers of the defects of your poetical article , you will not be dis- pleased , if , in order to the improvement of it , I communi- cate to ...
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... Magazine , vol . lxiii . and lxiv . ) received the following letter from Mr. Edmund Hector , on the subject . " DEAR SIR , -I am sorry to see you are engaged in altercation with a lady , who seems unwilling to be convinced of her ...
... Magazine , vol . lxiii . and lxiv . ) received the following letter from Mr. Edmund Hector , on the subject . " DEAR SIR , -I am sorry to see you are engaged in altercation with a lady , who seems unwilling to be convinced of her ...
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... Magazine for October , 1799 . " Mrs. Williams's account of Mrs. Johnson was , that she had a good under- standing and great sensibility , but inclined to be satirical . Her first husband died insolvent ; her sons were much disgusted ...
... Magazine for October , 1799 . " Mrs. Williams's account of Mrs. Johnson was , that she had a good under- standing and great sensibility , but inclined to be satirical . Her first husband died insolvent ; her sons were much disgusted ...
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... Magazine for 1736 , there is the follow- ing advertisement : " At Edial , near Lichfield , in Stafford- shire , young gentlemen are boarded and taught the Latin and Greek languages , by SAMUEL JOHNSON . " But the only pupils that were ...
... Magazine for 1736 , there is the follow- ing advertisement : " At Edial , near Lichfield , in Stafford- shire , young gentlemen are boarded and taught the Latin and Greek languages , by SAMUEL JOHNSON . " But the only pupils that were ...
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