The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 102
... published under the name of Cibber , but , as you told me , really written by a Mr. Shiels ; that written by Dr. Murdoch ; one prefixed to an edition of the Seasons published at Edinburgh , which is compounded of both , with the ...
... published under the name of Cibber , but , as you told me , really written by a Mr. Shiels ; that written by Dr. Murdoch ; one prefixed to an edition of the Seasons published at Edinburgh , which is compounded of both , with the ...
Page 106
... published . " " I give you joy of your country house , and your pretty garden ; and hope some time to see you in your felicity . I was much pleased with your two letters that had been kept so long in stored ; and rejoice at Miss Rasay's ...
... published . " " I give you joy of your country house , and your pretty garden ; and hope some time to see you in your felicity . I was much pleased with your two letters that had been kept so long in stored ; and rejoice at Miss Rasay's ...
Page 120
... published with Latin notes . He is also to give you a few anecdotes for your life of Thomson , who I find was private tutor to the pre- sent earl of Hadington , lord Hailes's cousin , a circum- stance not mentioned by Dr. Murdoch . I ...
... published with Latin notes . He is also to give you a few anecdotes for your life of Thomson , who I find was private tutor to the pre- sent earl of Hadington , lord Hailes's cousin , a circum- stance not mentioned by Dr. Murdoch . I ...
Page 127
... published by the booksellers of London , but taking care to mark Johnson's variations in some of the pieces there exhibited . Dr. Johnson wrote , in the first place , Dr. Dodd's Speech to the Recorder of London , at the Old Bailey ...
... published by the booksellers of London , but taking care to mark Johnson's variations in some of the pieces there exhibited . Dr. Johnson wrote , in the first place , Dr. Dodd's Speech to the Recorder of London , at the Old Bailey ...
Page 142
... published a volume of poems . Johnson told me " that a Mr. Coxeter , whom he knew , had gone the greatest length towards this , having collected , I think , about five hundred volumes of poets whose works were little known ; but that ...
... published a volume of poems . Johnson told me " that a Mr. Coxeter , whom he knew , had gone the greatest length towards this , having collected , I think , about five hundred volumes of poets whose works were little known ; but that ...
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