The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 pages |
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... servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " 66 TO MR . CAVE . " * Mr. Seward that she was the translator of the Indeed Mrs. Carter has lately acknowledged tr " Examen . " letter to Mr. Cave concludes with a fair con- It is remarkable that Johnson's ...
... servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " 66 TO MR . CAVE . " * Mr. Seward that she was the translator of the Indeed Mrs. Carter has lately acknowledged tr " Examen . " letter to Mr. Cave concludes with a fair con- It is remarkable that Johnson's ...
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... servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " upon His circumstances were at this time embar- rassed ; yet his affection for his mother was so warm , and so liberal , that he took himself a debt of hers , which , though small in itself , was then ...
... servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " upon His circumstances were at this time embar- rassed ; yet his affection for his mother was so warm , and so liberal , that he took himself a debt of hers , which , though small in itself , was then ...
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... servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " This year he wrote to the same gentleman another letter upon a mournful occasion . 66 TO MR . JAMES ELPHINSTON . " DEAR SIR , September 25 , 1750 . " You have , as I find by every kind of evi- dence , lost ...
... servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " This year he wrote to the same gentleman another letter upon a mournful occasion . 66 TO MR . JAMES ELPHINSTON . " DEAR SIR , September 25 , 1750 . " You have , as I find by every kind of evi- dence , lost ...
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... servant , Mr. Francis Barber , who delivered it to my worthy friend , the Rev. Mr. Strahan , Vicar of Islington , who , at my earnest request , has obligingly favoured me with a copy of it , which he and I compared with the criginal . I ...
... servant , Mr. Francis Barber , who delivered it to my worthy friend , the Rev. Mr. Strahan , Vicar of Islington , who , at my earnest request , has obligingly favoured me with a copy of it , which he and I compared with the criginal . I ...
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... servant , t who came into his family about a fortnight after the dismal event . These sufferings were aggravated by the melancholy inherent in his constitution ; and although he probably was not oftener in the wrong than she was , in ...
... servant , t who came into his family about a fortnight after the dismal event . These sufferings were aggravated by the melancholy inherent in his constitution ; and although he probably was not oftener in the wrong than she was , in ...
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