The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volumen4G. Bell and sons, 1889 |
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... died in 1765. — Malone . ] Let me here express my grateful remembrance of Lord Somerville's kindness to me , at a very early period . He was the first person of high rank that took particular notice of me in the way most flattering to a ...
... died in 1765. — Malone . ] Let me here express my grateful remembrance of Lord Somerville's kindness to me , at a very early period . He was the first person of high rank that took particular notice of me in the way most flattering to a ...
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... died at Byfleet in Surrey , August 20 , 1768. He was a fellow of New College in Oxford , and held the office of Professor of Poetry in that University from 1728 to 1738.- Malone . These Anecdotes were first published in 1820 ( London ...
... died at Byfleet in Surrey , August 20 , 1768. He was a fellow of New College in Oxford , and held the office of Professor of Poetry in that University from 1728 to 1738.- Malone . These Anecdotes were first published in 1820 ( London ...
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... , to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him , he died fearing Heaven . " 2 P. 82 . -Shakspeare . Our accidental meeting in the street after a long separa- 32 1781 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . Boswell's ninth visit to ...
... , to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him , he died fearing Heaven . " 2 P. 82 . -Shakspeare . Our accidental meeting in the street after a long separa- 32 1781 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . Boswell's ninth visit to ...
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... died in Dublin , July 2 , 1802 , in his seventy - fifth year . - Malone . In very early life , I had the honour of the bishop's acquaintance , and indulgent notice of my first attempts in literature . He was all that Mr. Malone says of ...
... died in Dublin , July 2 , 1802 , in his seventy - fifth year . - Malone . In very early life , I had the honour of the bishop's acquaintance , and indulgent notice of my first attempts in literature . He was all that Mr. Malone says of ...
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... pleasant gentleman died in 1829 , at the age of eighty , after an illness which had for some years secluded him from society . - Croker . there is morality , -decency , -propriety . None of AT . 72 . 35 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... pleasant gentleman died in 1829 , at the age of eighty , after an illness which had for some years secluded him from society . - Croker . there is morality , -decency , -propriety . None of AT . 72 . 35 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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