The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... . " - MALONE . 2 He is said to be the original of the parson in Hogarth's Modern Midnight Conversation . -BOSWELL . As was likewise the Bishop of Dromore many years afterwards. AGE 15. ] 11 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... . " - MALONE . 2 He is said to be the original of the parson in Hogarth's Modern Midnight Conversation . -BOSWELL . As was likewise the Bishop of Dromore many years afterwards. AGE 15. ] 11 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... afterwards the gratification to hear that the old gentleman , who lived to a very advanced age , mentioned it as one of the most memorable events of his life , that " he was very near having that great man for his scholar . " He ...
... afterwards the gratification to hear that the old gentleman , who lived to a very advanced age , mentioned it as one of the most memorable events of his life , that " he was very near having that great man for his scholar . " He ...
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... afterwards presided over Pembroke College with universal esteem , told me he was present , and gave me some account of what passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On that evening , his father , who had anxiously ...
... afterwards presided over Pembroke College with universal esteem , told me he was present , and gave me some account of what passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On that evening , his father , who had anxiously ...
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... afterwards was perfectly relieved ; and all his labours , and all his enjoyments , were but temporary interruptions of its baleful influence . How wonderful , how unsearchable are the ways of God ! Johnson , who was blest with all the ...
... afterwards was perfectly relieved ; and all his labours , and all his enjoyments , were but temporary interruptions of its baleful influence . How wonderful , how unsearchable are the ways of God ! Johnson , who was blest with all the ...
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... afterwards acquainted . Mr. Meynell's eldest daughter was afterwards married to Mr. Fitzherbert , father to Mr. Alleyne Fitzherbert , lately minister to the court of Russia . Of her , Dr. Johnson said , in Dr. Lawrence's study , that ...
... afterwards acquainted . Mr. Meynell's eldest daughter was afterwards married to Mr. Fitzherbert , father to Mr. Alleyne Fitzherbert , lately minister to the court of Russia . Of her , Dr. Johnson said , in Dr. Lawrence's study , that ...
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