The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 90
... faithful humble servant , " JAMES BOSWELL . " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " DEAR SIR , -I have been much pleased with your late letter ; and am glad that my old enemy , Mrs. Boswell , begins to feel some remorse . As to Miss Veronica's ...
... faithful humble servant , " JAMES BOSWELL . " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " DEAR SIR , -I have been much pleased with your late letter ; and am glad that my old enemy , Mrs. Boswell , begins to feel some remorse . As to Miss Veronica's ...
Page 93
... humble servant , " JAMES BOSWELL . " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " DEAR SIR , -The story of Mr. Thrale's death , as he had neither been sick nor in any other danger , made so little impression upon me , that I never thought about ob ...
... humble servant , " JAMES BOSWELL . " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " DEAR SIR , -The story of Mr. Thrale's death , as he had neither been sick nor in any other danger , made so little impression upon me , that I never thought about ob ...
Page 98
... humble servant , May 19 , 1777. " " SAM . JOHNSON . Early in this year came out , in two volumes quarto , the posthumous works of the learned Dr. Zachary Pearce , bishop of Rochester ; being a Commentary , with Notes , on the four ...
... humble servant , May 19 , 1777. " " SAM . JOHNSON . Early in this year came out , in two volumes quarto , the posthumous works of the learned Dr. Zachary Pearce , bishop of Rochester ; being a Commentary , with Notes , on the four ...
Page 105
... faithful humble servant , " JAMES BOSWELL . " On the 23rd of June I again wrote to Dr. Johnson , en- closing a shipmaster's receipt for a jar of orange marmalade , and a large packet of lord Hailes's Annals of Scotland . TO JAMES ...
... faithful humble servant , " JAMES BOSWELL . " On the 23rd of June I again wrote to Dr. Johnson , en- closing a shipmaster's receipt for a jar of orange marmalade , and a large packet of lord Hailes's Annals of Scotland . TO JAMES ...
Page 108
... humble servant , " June 24 , 1777. " " SAM . JOHNSON . quaintance for his literature , love of the fine arts , and social virtues . I am in- debted to him for several communications concerning Johnson . - BOSWELL . This gentleman , who ...
... humble servant , " June 24 , 1777. " " SAM . JOHNSON . quaintance for his literature , love of the fine arts , and social virtues . I am in- debted to him for several communications concerning Johnson . - BOSWELL . This gentleman , who ...
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