The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... Lord Elibank had the high- n Patrick lord Elibank , who died in 1778 . est admiration of his powers . He once observed to c 2 ETAT . 67. ] 19 DR . JOHNSON . and I sat with him. Francis announced that a ...
... Lord Elibank had the high- n Patrick lord Elibank , who died in 1778 . est admiration of his powers . He once observed to c 2 ETAT . 67. ] 19 DR . JOHNSON . and I sat with him. Francis announced that a ...
Page 20
... lord Eli- bank's company without learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon service . Thrale said , he had come with intention to go to church with us . We went at seven to evening prayers at St ...
... lord Eli- bank's company without learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon service . Thrale said , he had come with intention to go to church with us . We went at seven to evening prayers at St ...
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... lord Lyttelton's extreme anxiety as an au- thor ; observing , that " he was thirty years in preparing his history , and that he employed a man to point it for him ; as if ( laughing ) another man could point his sense better than ...
... lord Lyttelton's extreme anxiety as an au- thor ; observing , that " he was thirty years in preparing his history , and that he employed a man to point it for him ; as if ( laughing ) another man could point his sense better than ...
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... lord Byron's Sardanapalus , which , though not exactly in point , yet as it may tend to illustrate what we have , perhaps , too briefly written above , and is in itself highly poetical , we will partly quote . Myrrha is looking on the ...
... lord Byron's Sardanapalus , which , though not exactly in point , yet as it may tend to illustrate what we have , perhaps , too briefly written above , and is in itself highly poetical , we will partly quote . Myrrha is looking on the ...
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... lord Dunsinan , and my very worthy friend sir William Forbes of Pitsligo . : We discussed the question , whether drinking improved conversation and benevolence . Sir Joshua maintained it did . JOHNSON . " No , sir : before dinner men ...
... lord Dunsinan , and my very worthy friend sir William Forbes of Pitsligo . : We discussed the question , whether drinking improved conversation and benevolence . Sir Joshua maintained it did . JOHNSON . " No , sir : before dinner men ...
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