The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... favour of Joseph Knight , an African Negro , who claimed his liberty in the court of session in Scotland , and obtained it ; dic- tated to me ; acknowl . Defence of Mr. Robertson , printer of the Caledonian Mercury , against the society ...
... favour of Joseph Knight , an African Negro , who claimed his liberty in the court of session in Scotland , and obtained it ; dic- tated to me ; acknowl . Defence of Mr. Robertson , printer of the Caledonian Mercury , against the society ...
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... favoured with the most liberal communications by his friends ; I flatter myself that few biographers have entered upon such a work as this with more advantages ; independent of lite- rary abilities , in which I am not vain enough to ...
... favoured with the most liberal communications by his friends ; I flatter myself that few biographers have entered upon such a work as this with more advantages ; independent of lite- rary abilities , in which I am not vain enough to ...
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... favour me : - " These infant numbers contain the seeds of those propensities which through his life so strongly marked his character , of that poetick talent which afterwards bore such rich and plentiful fruits ; for , excepting his ...
... favour me : - " These infant numbers contain the seeds of those propensities which through his life so strongly marked his character , of that poetick talent which afterwards bore such rich and plentiful fruits ; for , excepting his ...
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... favour of Mr. Wentworth , son of one of his masters , and of Mr. Hector , his school fellow and friend ; from which I select the following specimens : Translation of Virgil . Pastoral I. Melibœus . Now , Tityrus , you , supine and ...
... favour of Mr. Wentworth , son of one of his masters , and of Mr. Hector , his school fellow and friend ; from which I select the following specimens : Translation of Virgil . Pastoral I. Melibœus . Now , Tityrus , you , supine and ...
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... favoured by a daughter of his intimate friend and physician , Dr. Lawrence , thus describes Dr. Johnson some years afterwards : " As the particulars of the former part of Dr. Johnson's life do not seem to be very accurately known , a ...
... favoured by a daughter of his intimate friend and physician , Dr. Lawrence , thus describes Dr. Johnson some years afterwards : " As the particulars of the former part of Dr. Johnson's life do not seem to be very accurately known , a ...
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