The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 68
... poor dear doctor's epitaph . Read it first yourself ; and if you then think it right , show it to the club . I am , you know , willing to be corrected . If you think any thing much amiss , keep it to yourself till we come together . I ...
... poor dear doctor's epitaph . Read it first yourself ; and if you then think it right , show it to the club . I am , you know , willing to be corrected . If you think any thing much amiss , keep it to yourself till we come together . I ...
Page 81
... poor Macquarry ? Let me know the event of all these litigations . I wish parti- cularly well to the negro and sir Allan . " Mrs. Williams has been much out of order ; and though she is something better , is likely , in her physician's ...
... poor Macquarry ? Let me know the event of all these litigations . I wish parti- cularly well to the negro and sir Allan . " Mrs. Williams has been much out of order ; and though she is something better , is likely , in her physician's ...
Page 85
... poor Goldsmith , when he grew important , and wished to appear doctor major , ' could not bear your calling him ' Goldy . ' Would it not have been wrong to have named him so in your Preface to Shakespeare , or in any serious permanent ...
... poor Goldsmith , when he grew important , and wished to appear doctor major , ' could not bear your calling him ' Goldy . ' Would it not have been wrong to have named him so in your Preface to Shakespeare , or in any serious permanent ...
Page 88
... Poor Beauclerk still continues very ill . Langton lives on as he used to do . His children are very pretty , and I think his lady loses her Scotch . Paoli I never see . " I have been so distressed by difficulty of breathing , that I ...
... Poor Beauclerk still continues very ill . Langton lives on as he used to do . His children are very pretty , and I think his lady loses her Scotch . Paoli I never see . " I have been so distressed by difficulty of breathing , that I ...
Page 90
... poor man , because the price is really too high . Yet such a work de- serves patronage . • Johnson is the most common English formation of the surname from John ; Johnston the Scotch . My illustrious friend observed that many North ...
... poor man , because the price is really too high . Yet such a work de- serves patronage . • Johnson is the most common English formation of the surname from John ; Johnston the Scotch . My illustrious friend observed that many North ...
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