The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... honoured by the testimony of bishop Hurd * , who was his scholar ; for Mr. Blackwall died on the 8th of April , 1730 , more than a year before Johnson left the university . This employment was very irksome to him in every re- spect ...
... honoured by the testimony of bishop Hurd * , who was his scholar ; for Mr. Blackwall died on the 8th of April , 1730 , more than a year before Johnson left the university . This employment was very irksome to him in every re- spect ...
Page 89
... honour to think that I have interest enough in you , to prevail upon you to write 1793 , there is a letter from Mr. Henn , one of the masters of the school of Ap- pleby , in Leicestershire , in which he writes as follows . " I compared ...
... honour to think that I have interest enough in you , to prevail upon you to write 1793 , there is a letter from Mr. Henn , one of the masters of the school of Ap- pleby , in Leicestershire , in which he writes as follows . " I compared ...
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... honoured with the rank of colonel , both in the French and Spanish service . He was a son of the ancient and respectable family of Cameron , of Lochiel ; and his brother , who was the chief of that brave clan , distinguished himself by ...
... honoured with the rank of colonel , both in the French and Spanish service . He was a son of the ancient and respectable family of Cameron , of Lochiel ; and his brother , who was the chief of that brave clan , distinguished himself by ...
Page 105
... honour to our work , to have the favour of the genuine speech . It is a method that several have been pleased to take , as I could show , but I think myself under a restraint . I shall say so far , that I have had some by a third hand ...
... honour to our work , to have the favour of the genuine speech . It is a method that several have been pleased to take , as I could show , but I think myself under a restraint . I shall say so far , that I have had some by a third hand ...
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... honoured him with a Greek epigram ' ; and his correspondence with him , during many years , proves that he had no mean opinion of him . TO DR . BIRCH . " Thursday , Sept. 29 , 1743 . " SIR , -I hope you will excuse me for troubling you ...
... honoured him with a Greek epigram ' ; and his correspondence with him , during many years , proves that he had no mean opinion of him . TO DR . BIRCH . " Thursday , Sept. 29 , 1743 . " SIR , -I hope you will excuse me for troubling you ...
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