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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... SIR , " IT was not before yesterday that I received your splendid benefaction . To a hand so liberal in distributing , I hope nobody will envy the power of c 3 Etat . 72. ] 17 DR . JOHNSON . he was content to give for it an hundred and ...
... SIR , " IT was not before yesterday that I received your splendid benefaction . To a hand so liberal in distributing , I hope nobody will envy the power of c 3 Etat . 72. ] 17 DR . JOHNSON . he was content to give for it an hundred and ...
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... received from him , as a relick of so estimable a writer . This was in 1755. In 1760 , when Dr. Burney visited Dr. Johnson at the Temple in London , where he had then Chambers , he happened to arrive there before he was up ; and being ...
... received from him , as a relick of so estimable a writer . This was in 1755. In 1760 , when Dr. Burney visited Dr. Johnson at the Temple in London , where he had then Chambers , he happened to arrive there before he was up ; and being ...
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... received it , and am pleased that my first letter of the year is to you . No man ought to be at ease while he knows himself in the wrong ; and I have not satisfied myself with my long silence . The letter relating to Mr. Sinclair ...
... received it , and am pleased that my first letter of the year is to you . No man ought to be at ease while he knows himself in the wrong ; and I have not satisfied myself with my long silence . The letter relating to Mr. Sinclair ...
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... received it . I " This year has afflicted me with a very irksome and severe disorder . My respiration has been much impeded , and much blood has been taken away . am now harassed by a catarrhous cough , from which my purpose is to seek ...
... received it . I " This year has afflicted me with a very irksome and severe disorder . My respiration has been much impeded , and much blood has been taken away . am now harassed by a catarrhous cough , from which my purpose is to seek ...
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