The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... lived here above a year , and completed my studies in divinity ; in which time some letters were received from the fathers of Ethiopia , with an account that sultan Segned , emperour of Abys- sinia , was converted to the church of Rome ...
... lived here above a year , and completed my studies in divinity ; in which time some letters were received from the fathers of Ethiopia , with an account that sultan Segned , emperour of Abys- sinia , was converted to the church of Rome ...
Page 57
... lived with him in his younger days in the utmost intimacy and social freedom , has assured me , that even at that ardent season his conduct was strictly virtuous in that respect ; and that though he loved to exhilarate himself with wine ...
... lived with him in his younger days in the utmost intimacy and social freedom , has assured me , that even at that ardent season his conduct was strictly virtuous in that respect ; and that though he loved to exhilarate himself with wine ...
Page 65
... lived in his house as a private pupil . - MALONE . The character of Gelidus the philosopher , in the Rambler , No. 24 , was pro- bably meant to represent this gentleman . See Mrs. Piozzi's Anecdotes , etc. p . 49 , and Preface to Irene ...
... lived in his house as a private pupil . - MALONE . The character of Gelidus the philosopher , in the Rambler , No. 24 , was pro- bably meant to represent this gentleman . See Mrs. Piozzi's Anecdotes , etc. p . 49 , and Preface to Irene ...
Page 72
... lived in London , there were two sets of people , those who gave the wall , and those who took it ; the peaceable and the quarrelsome . When I returned to Lichfield , after having been in London , my mother asked me , whether I was one ...
... lived in London , there were two sets of people , those who gave the wall , and those who took it ; the peaceable and the quarrelsome . When I returned to Lichfield , after having been in London , my mother asked me , whether I was one ...
Page 73
... lived with them at Edial , was left with her relations in the country . His lodgings were for some time in Woodstock - street , near Hanover - square , and afterwards in Castle - street , near Cavendish - square . there is something ...
... lived with them at Edial , was left with her relations in the country . His lodgings were for some time in Woodstock - street , near Hanover - square , and afterwards in Castle - street , near Cavendish - square . there is something ...
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