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 Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 5J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... Johnson had come with me from London , and I must return to the inn to drink tea with him ; that my name was Boswell , I had travelled with him in the Hebrides . " Sir ( said he ) , I should think it a great honour to see Dr. Johnson ...
... Johnson had come with me from London , and I must return to the inn to drink tea with him ; that my name was Boswell , I had travelled with him in the Hebrides . " Sir ( said he ) , I should think it a great honour to see Dr. Johnson ...
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... Johnson observed to me afterwards , " That this was no favourable account of Dr. Young ; for it is not becoming in a man to have so little acquiescence in the ways of Providence , as to be gloomy because he has not obtained as much ...
... Johnson observed to me afterwards , " That this was no favourable account of Dr. Young ; for it is not becoming in a man to have so little acquiescence in the ways of Providence , as to be gloomy because he has not obtained as much ...
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... JOHNSON . " " Bolt - court , June 16 , 1781. " Johnson's charity to the poor was uniform and ex- tensive , both from inclination and principle . He not only bestowed liberally out of his own purse , but what is more difficult as well as ...
... JOHNSON . " " Bolt - court , June 16 , 1781. " Johnson's charity to the poor was uniform and ex- tensive , both from inclination and principle . He not only bestowed liberally out of his own purse , but what is more difficult as well as ...
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... Johnson the partiality which his writings had excited in a friend of Dr. Burney's , the late Mr. Bewley , well known in Norfolk by the name of the Philosopher of Massingham : who , from the Ramblers and Plan of his Dictionary , and long ...
... Johnson the partiality which his writings had excited in a friend of Dr. Burney's , the late Mr. Bewley , well known in Norfolk by the name of the Philosopher of Massingham : who , from the Ramblers and Plan of his Dictionary , and long ...
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... JOHNSON . " These short letters shew the regard which Dr. Johnson entertained for Mr. Malone , who the more he is known is the more highly valued . It is much to be regretted that Johnson was prevented from sharing the elegant ...
... JOHNSON . " These short letters shew the regard which Dr. Johnson entertained for Mr. Malone , who the more he is known is the more highly valued . It is much to be regretted that Johnson was prevented from sharing the elegant ...
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