The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... David Garrick went . Mrs. Lucy Porter told me , that Mr. Walmesley gave him a letter of introduction to Lintot , his bookseller , and that Johnson wrote some things for him ; but I imagine this to be a mistake , for I have discovered no ...
... David Garrick went . Mrs. Lucy Porter told me , that Mr. Walmesley gave him a letter of introduction to Lintot , his bookseller , and that Johnson wrote some things for him ; but I imagine this to be a mistake , for I have discovered no ...
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... David Garrick was manager of that theatre . " " " The Gentleman's Magazine , " begun and carried on by Mr. Edward Cave , under the name of Sylvanus Urban , had attracted the notice and esteem of Johnson , in an eminent degree , before ...
... David Garrick was manager of that theatre . " " " The Gentleman's Magazine , " begun and carried on by Mr. Edward Cave , under the name of Sylvanus Urban , had attracted the notice and esteem of Johnson , in an eminent degree , before ...
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... Garrick , who had been his pupil , who had come to London at the same time with him , not in a much more prosperous ... David Garrick . When that great actor had played some little time at Goodman's - fields , Johnson 1 Journal of ...
... Garrick , who had been his pupil , who had come to London at the same time with him , not in a much more prosperous ... David Garrick . When that great actor had played some little time at Goodman's - fields , Johnson 1 Journal of ...
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... David Garrick , having become joint patentee and manager of Drury - lane Theatre , Johnson honoured his opening of it with a Prologue , * which , for just and manly dramatic criticism on the whole range of the English stage , as well as ...
... David Garrick , having become joint patentee and manager of Drury - lane Theatre , Johnson honoured his opening of it with a Prologue , * which , for just and manly dramatic criticism on the whole range of the English stage , as well as ...
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... in consequence of which the booksellers of London employed him to publish an edition of Dr. Johnson's Works , and to write his Life .-- BOSWELL . DAVID GARRICK . PUBLICATION OF " THE VANITY OF HUMAN 102 [ 1748 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... in consequence of which the booksellers of London employed him to publish an edition of Dr. Johnson's Works , and to write his Life .-- BOSWELL . DAVID GARRICK . PUBLICATION OF " THE VANITY OF HUMAN 102 [ 1748 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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