Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1927 |
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... lady who once lived in great intimacy with him . There is , in the British Museum , a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr. Birch , on the subject of biography ; which , though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully raising ...
... lady who once lived in great intimacy with him . There is , in the British Museum , a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr. Birch , on the subject of biography ; which , though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully raising ...
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... lady , conversation could no more be expected , than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimney - piece , or the fantastick figures on a gilt leather skreen . If authority be required , let us appeal to Plutarch , the prince of ancient ...
... lady , conversation could no more be expected , than from a Chinese mandarin on a chimney - piece , or the fantastick figures on a gilt leather skreen . If authority be required , let us appeal to Plutarch , the prince of ancient ...
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... lady in diamonds , and a long black hood ' . ' This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to say to him , in allusion to the political principles in which he was educated , and of which he ever retained some odour , that ...
... lady in diamonds , and a long black hood ' . ' This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to say to him , in allusion to the political principles in which he was educated , and of which he ever retained some odour , that ...
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... LADY who was to personate the Ghost of HERMIONE 2 . YE blooming train , who give despair or joy , Bless with a smile ... ladies at Lichfield having proposed to act The Distressed Mother , Johnson wrote this , and gave it to Mr. Hector to ...
... LADY who was to personate the Ghost of HERMIONE 2 . YE blooming train , who give despair or joy , Bless with a smile ... ladies at Lichfield having proposed to act The Distressed Mother , Johnson wrote this , and gave it to Mr. Hector to ...
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... lady , who , in a paper with which I have been favoured by a daughter of his intimate friend and physician , Dr. Lawrence , thus describes Dr. Johnson some years afterwards : ' As the particulars of the former part of Dr. Johnson's life ...
... lady , who , in a paper with which I have been favoured by a daughter of his intimate friend and physician , Dr. Lawrence , thus describes Dr. Johnson some years afterwards : ' As the particulars of the former part of Dr. Johnson's life ...
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