The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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... servant . There is a traditional story of the infant Hercules of toryism , so curiously characteristic , that I shall not withhold it . It was com- municated to me in a letter from Miss Mary Adye , of Lichfield . " When Dr. Sacheverel ...
... servant . There is a traditional story of the infant Hercules of toryism , so curiously characteristic , that I shall not withhold it . It was com- municated to me in a letter from Miss Mary Adye , of Lichfield . " When Dr. Sacheverel ...
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... me a day to wait upon you , if you are . " I am , sir , your humble servant , " SAMUEL JOHNSON . " It should seem from this letter , though subscribed with his own name , that he had not yet been introduced 22 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... me a day to wait upon you , if you are . " I am , sir , your humble servant , " SAMUEL JOHNSON . " It should seem from this letter , though subscribed with his own name , that he had not yet been introduced 22 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... shall appoint . " I am , sir , your most obedient and most humble servant , * SAM . JOHNSON . " At Mr. Osborne's , bookseller , in Gray's Inn . " CHAPTER III . — 1744-1750 . Johnson publishes the Life 36 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... shall appoint . " I am , sir , your most obedient and most humble servant , * SAM . JOHNSON . " At Mr. Osborne's , bookseller , in Gray's Inn . " CHAPTER III . — 1744-1750 . Johnson publishes the Life 36 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " His just abhorrence of Milton's political notions was ever strong . But this did not prevent his warm admiration of Mil- ton's great poetical merit , to which he has done illustrious jus- tice , beyond all ...
... servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " His just abhorrence of Milton's political notions was ever strong . But this did not prevent his warm admiration of Mil- ton's great poetical merit , to which he has done illustrious jus- tice , beyond all ...
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... servant , Mr. Francis Barber , who delivered it to my worthy friend , the Rev. Mr. Strahan , Vicar of Islington , who , at my earnest request , has obligingly favored me with a copy of it , which he and I compared with the original . I ...
... servant , Mr. Francis Barber , who delivered it to my worthy friend , the Rev. Mr. Strahan , Vicar of Islington , who , at my earnest request , has obligingly favored me with a copy of it , which he and I compared with the original . I ...
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