The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 63
... received , let me now make my request . " There is , sir , somewhere within your government , a young adventurer , one Chauncey Lawrence , whose father is one of my oldest friends . Be pleased to show the young man what countenance is ...
... received , let me now make my request . " There is , sir , somewhere within your government , a young adventurer , one Chauncey Lawrence , whose father is one of my oldest friends . Be pleased to show the young man what countenance is ...
Page 90
... received on this occasion , was not quite accurate . Bet was tried at the Old Bailey in September , 1758 , not by the chief justice here alluded to , ( who however tried another cause on the same day , ) but before sir William Moreton ...
... received on this occasion , was not quite accurate . Bet was tried at the Old Bailey in September , 1758 , not by the chief justice here alluded to , ( who however tried another cause on the same day , ) but before sir William Moreton ...
Page 93
... received , and sat with him a long time . 66 The company gradually dropped away . Mr. Dilly him- self was called down stairs upon business : I left the room for some time ; when I returned , I was struck with ob- serving Dr. Samuel ...
... received , and sat with him a long time . 66 The company gradually dropped away . Mr. Dilly him- self was called down stairs upon business : I left the room for some time ; when I returned , I was struck with ob- serving Dr. Samuel ...
Page 105
... received several thousand pounds of subscription money for his Universal Passion , but had lost it in the South Sea " . Dr. Johnson thought this must be a mistake , for he had never seen a subscription book . Upon the road we talked of ...
... received several thousand pounds of subscription money for his Universal Passion , but had lost it in the South Sea " . Dr. Johnson thought this must be a mistake , for he had never seen a subscription book . Upon the road we talked of ...
Page 117
... receiving from Mrs. Reynolds , sister to sir Joshua Reynolds , a copy of her Essay on Taste , privately printed , but never published . TO MRS . FRANCES REYNOLDS . " DEAREST MADAM , -There is in these [ f . pages , or remarks , ] such ...
... receiving from Mrs. Reynolds , sister to sir Joshua Reynolds , a copy of her Essay on Taste , privately printed , but never published . TO MRS . FRANCES REYNOLDS . " DEAREST MADAM , -There is in these [ f . pages , or remarks , ] such ...
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