The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... lord , he said , Respect him you could not ; for he had no mind of his own . Love him you could not ; for that which you could do with him , every one else could . " " " Of Dr. Goldsmith he said , ' No man was more foolish when he had ...
... lord , he said , Respect him you could not ; for he had no mind of his own . Love him you could not ; for that which you could do with him , every one else could . " " " Of Dr. Goldsmith he said , ' No man was more foolish when he had ...
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... lord Somerville " , who saw much both u James lord Somerville , who died in 1763. - MALONE . Let me here express my grateful remembrance of lord Somerville's kindness to me at a very early period . He was the first person of high rank ...
... lord Somerville " , who saw much both u James lord Somerville , who died in 1763. - MALONE . Let me here express my grateful remembrance of lord Somerville's kindness to me at a very early period . He was the first person of high rank ...
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... lord Mansfield , who was not ennobled in Pope's lifetime ; but Johnson should have recollected , that lord Marchmont was one of those noble friends . He includes his lordship along with lord Bolingbroke , in a charge of neglect of the ...
... lord Mansfield , who was not ennobled in Pope's lifetime ; but Johnson should have recollected , that lord Marchmont was one of those noble friends . He includes his lordship along with lord Bolingbroke , in a charge of neglect of the ...
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... lord Lyttelton were rival candidates . See Mrs. Piozzi's Anecdotes , p . 160. After mentioning the death of Mrs. Fitz- herbert , ( who was a daughter of Mr. Meynell , of Bradley in Derbyshire , ) and Johnson's high admiration of her ...
... lord Lyttelton were rival candidates . See Mrs. Piozzi's Anecdotes , p . 160. After mentioning the death of Mrs. Fitz- herbert , ( who was a daughter of Mr. Meynell , of Bradley in Derbyshire , ) and Johnson's high admiration of her ...
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... lord Lyt- telton and he used to strive for her preference with an emulation that occasioned hourly disgust , and ended in lasting animosity . You may see , ' said he to me , when the poets ' lives were printed , that dear Boothby is at ...
... lord Lyt- telton and he used to strive for her preference with an emulation that occasioned hourly disgust , and ended in lasting animosity . You may see , ' said he to me , when the poets ' lives were printed , that dear Boothby is at ...
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