The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 84
... wrote to you , so that our letters were exactly exchanged ; and one dated the 21st of December last . " My heart was warmed with gratitude by the truly kind contents of both of them ; and it is amazing and vexing that I have allowed so ...
... wrote to you , so that our letters were exactly exchanged ; and one dated the 21st of December last . " My heart was warmed with gratitude by the truly kind contents of both of them ; and it is amazing and vexing that I have allowed so ...
Page 95
... wrote to you last . I am happy to find you had such an agreeable meeting with your old friend Dr. Johnson ; I have no doubt your stock is much in- creased by the interview : few men , nay , I may say , scarcely any man has got that fund ...
... wrote to you last . I am happy to find you had such an agreeable meeting with your old friend Dr. Johnson ; I have no doubt your stock is much in- creased by the interview : few men , nay , I may say , scarcely any man has got that fund ...
Page 99
... wrote a Prologue , * which was spoken before a Word to the Wise , a comedy by Mr. Hugh Kelly , which had been brought upon the stage in 1770 ; but he being a writer for ministry in one of the news- papers , it fell a sacrifice to ...
... wrote a Prologue , * which was spoken before a Word to the Wise , a comedy by Mr. Hugh Kelly , which had been brought upon the stage in 1770 ; but he being a writer for ministry in one of the news- papers , it fell a sacrifice to ...
Page 103
... wrote to you two years ago at Wilton ; and did not send it at the time , for fear of being reproved as indulging too much tenderness ; and one written to you at the tomb of Melancthon , which I kept back , lest I should appear at once ...
... wrote to you two years ago at Wilton ; and did not send it at the time , for fear of being reproved as indulging too much tenderness ; and one written to you at the tomb of Melancthon , which I kept back , lest I should appear at once ...
Page 105
... wrote to Dr. Johnson , en- closing a shipmaster's receipt for a jar of orange marmalade , and a large packet of lord Hailes's Annals of Scotland . TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " DEAR SIR , —I have just received your packet from Mr. Thrale's ...
... wrote to Dr. Johnson , en- closing a shipmaster's receipt for a jar of orange marmalade , and a large packet of lord Hailes's Annals of Scotland . TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " DEAR SIR , —I have just received your packet from Mr. Thrale's ...
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