The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... Dear sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable Tour , which I found here on my return from the country , and in which you have depicted our friend so perfectly to my fancy ...
... Dear sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable Tour , which I found here on my return from the country , and in which you have depicted our friend so perfectly to my fancy ...
Page 16
... dear Tetty sold in our dis- tress . I have now the spoon . She bought at the same time two teaspoons , and , till my manhood , she had no more . " See An Account , etc. as above , p . 18 .-- Ed . • Edward the confessor is said to have ...
... dear Tetty sold in our dis- tress . I have now the spoon . She bought at the same time two teaspoons , and , till my manhood , she had no more . " See An Account , etc. as above , p . 18 .-- Ed . • Edward the confessor is said to have ...
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... dear Mund , and I'll fetch them thee — so stepped aside for five minutes , and wrote the nonsense you now keep such a stir about . " Anecdotes , p . 34 . In my first edition I was induced to doubt the authenticity of this account , by ...
... dear Mund , and I'll fetch them thee — so stepped aside for five minutes , and wrote the nonsense you now keep such a stir about . " Anecdotes , p . 34 . In my first edition I was induced to doubt the authenticity of this account , by ...
Page 65
... DEAR SIR , -I had the favour of yours , and am ex- tremely obliged to you ; but I cannot say I had a greater affection for you upon it than I had before , being long since so much endeared to you , as well by an early friend- ship as by ...
... DEAR SIR , -I had the favour of yours , and am ex- tremely obliged to you ; but I cannot say I had a greater affection for you upon it than I had before , being long since so much endeared to you , as well by an early friend- ship as by ...
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... dear old friend , I must , however , his design commend Of fixing in the country . It is plain he was not going to leave his friend ; his friend b I own it pleased me to find amongst them one trait of the manners of the age in London ...
... dear old friend , I must , however , his design commend Of fixing in the country . It is plain he was not going to leave his friend ; his friend b I own it pleased me to find amongst them one trait of the manners of the age in London ...
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