The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... affectionate , " SAM . JOHNSON . " [ " TO MRS . GASTRELL AND MRS . ASTON . " London , Bolt - court , Fleet - street , 30th March , 1782 . “ Dearest LADIES , —The tenderness expressed in your kind letter makes me think it necessary to ...
... affectionate , " SAM . JOHNSON . " [ " TO MRS . GASTRELL AND MRS . ASTON . " London , Bolt - court , Fleet - street , 30th March , 1782 . “ Dearest LADIES , —The tenderness expressed in your kind letter makes me think it necessary to ...
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... affectionate , humble " SAM . JOHNSON . " servant , " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " 24th August , 1782 . " DEAR SIR , -Being uncertain whether I should have any call this autumn into the country , I did not immediately answer your kind ...
... affectionate , humble " SAM . JOHNSON . " servant , " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " 24th August , 1782 . " DEAR SIR , -Being uncertain whether I should have any call this autumn into the country , I did not immediately answer your kind ...
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... affectionate humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " TO DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . " Edinburgh , 20th Dec. 1782 . " Dear sir , —I was made happy by your kind letter , which gave us the agreeable hopes of seeing you in Scotland again . " I am ...
... affectionate humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " TO DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . " Edinburgh , 20th Dec. 1782 . " Dear sir , —I was made happy by your kind letter , which gave us the agreeable hopes of seeing you in Scotland again . " I am ...
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... affectionate , & c . 5 " SAM . JOHNSON . " The Reverend Mr. Wilson having dedicated to 1 [ Dr . Richard Rawlinson , an eminent antiquary , and a great benefactor to the University of Oxford . He founded the Anglo - Saxon professorship ...
... affectionate , & c . 5 " SAM . JOHNSON . " The Reverend Mr. Wilson having dedicated to 1 [ Dr . Richard Rawlinson , an eminent antiquary , and a great benefactor to the University of Oxford . He founded the Anglo - Saxon professorship ...
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... affections , how unwise is it to revive by celebrations the me- mory of a shock , which it would surely have been better that our constitution had not required ! -BOSWELL . 6 ral custom . ' Pray , sir , ' 50 1783. - ETAT . 74 .
... affections , how unwise is it to revive by celebrations the me- mory of a shock , which it would surely have been better that our constitution had not required ! -BOSWELL . 6 ral custom . ' Pray , sir , ' 50 1783. - ETAT . 74 .
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