The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 87
... late the demand upon him for these articles is doubled , and sometimes tripled . I have , therefore , listed Dr. Samuel Johnson in some of my memorandums of the prin- cipal planters and favourers of the enclosures , under a name which I ...
... late the demand upon him for these articles is doubled , and sometimes tripled . I have , therefore , listed Dr. Samuel Johnson in some of my memorandums of the prin- cipal planters and favourers of the enclosures , under a name which I ...
Page 89
... late long neglect , or rather delay , was truly culpable , I am tempted not to regret it , since it has produced me so valuable a proof of your regard . I did , indeed , during that inexcusable silence , sometimes divert the reproaches ...
... late long neglect , or rather delay , was truly culpable , I am tempted not to regret it , since it has produced me so valuable a proof of your regard . I did , indeed , during that inexcusable silence , sometimes divert the reproaches ...
Page 90
... late letter ; and am glad that my old enemy , Mrs. Boswell , begins to feel some remorse . As to Miss Veronica's Scotch , I think it cannot be helped . An English maid you might easily have ; but she would still imitate the greater ...
... late letter ; and am glad that my old enemy , Mrs. Boswell , begins to feel some remorse . As to Miss Veronica's Scotch , I think it cannot be helped . An English maid you might easily have ; but she would still imitate the greater ...
Page 95
... late worthy friend Mr. Edward Dilly , though of a later date , an account of this plan , so happily conceived ; since it was the occasion of procuring for us an elegant collection of the best biography and criticism of which our ...
... late worthy friend Mr. Edward Dilly , though of a later date , an account of this plan , so happily conceived ; since it was the occasion of procuring for us an elegant collection of the best biography and criticism of which our ...
Page 97
... late : the ages which deserve an exact enquiry are those times ( for such there t Mr. Joseph Cooper Walker , of the treasury , Dublin , who obligingly com- municated to me this and a former letter from Dr. Johnson to the same gentle ...
... late : the ages which deserve an exact enquiry are those times ( for such there t Mr. Joseph Cooper Walker , of the treasury , Dublin , who obligingly com- municated to me this and a former letter from Dr. Johnson to the same gentle ...
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