The Life of Samuel Johnson: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 3G. Bell, 1884 |
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... March 25 , 1729 ; M.A. , July , 1735. - Hall . - Croker . 2 This line has frequently been attributed to Dryden , when at West- minster . But neither Eton nor Westminster have in truth any claim to it , the line being borrowed from an ...
... March 25 , 1729 ; M.A. , July , 1735. - Hall . - Croker . 2 This line has frequently been attributed to Dryden , when at West- minster . But neither Eton nor Westminster have in truth any claim to it , the line being borrowed from an ...
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... March 13 , 1800 , aged about 74 - Malone . Mr. Horne Tooke , who had been in July , 1777 ( Gent . Mag . ) , con- victed of a seditious libel . The sentence - pronounced 23rd November- was a year's imprisonment , and £ 200 fine . It ...
... March 13 , 1800 , aged about 74 - Malone . Mr. Horne Tooke , who had been in July , 1777 ( Gent . Mag . ) , con- victed of a seditious libel . The sentence - pronounced 23rd November- was a year's imprisonment , and £ 200 fine . It ...
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... March last . The matter lay dormant till 27th July , when he wrote to me as follows : - -- " SIR , TO WILLIAM STRAHAN , ESQ . " It would be very foolish for us to continue strangers any longer . You can never by persistency make wrong ...
... March last . The matter lay dormant till 27th July , when he wrote to me as follows : - -- " SIR , TO WILLIAM STRAHAN , ESQ . " It would be very foolish for us to continue strangers any longer . You can never by persistency make wrong ...
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... March 13 , 1779 . " Why should you take such delight to make a bustle , to write to Mr. Thrale that I am negligent , and to Francis to do what is so very unnecessary ? Thrale , you may be sure , cared not about it ; and I shall spare ...
... March 13 , 1779 . " Why should you take such delight to make a bustle , to write to Mr. Thrale that I am negligent , and to Francis to do what is so very unnecessary ? Thrale , you may be sure , cared not about it ; and I shall spare ...
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... March 15 , and next morning , at a late hour , found Dr. Johnson sitting over his tea , attended by Mrs. Desmoulins , Mr. Levett , and a clergyman , who had come to submit some poetical pieces to his revision . It is wonderful what a ...
... March 15 , and next morning , at a late hour , found Dr. Johnson sitting over his tea , attended by Mrs. Desmoulins , Mr. Levett , and a clergyman , who had come to submit some poetical pieces to his revision . It is wonderful what a ...
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