Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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... Piozzi Letters , i . 309 , says : — ' The most unaccountable part of Johnson's character was his total ignorance of the character of his most familiar acquaintance . ' Lord Pembroke said once to me at Wilton , with a happy pleas- antry ...
... Piozzi Letters , i . 309 , says : — ' The most unaccountable part of Johnson's character was his total ignorance of the character of his most familiar acquaintance . ' Lord Pembroke said once to me at Wilton , with a happy pleas- antry ...
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... Piozzi Letters , i . 138 . › Chambers says that ' James's Court , till the building of the New Town , was inhabited by a select set of gentlemen . They kept a clerk to record their names and their proceedings , had a scavenger of their ...
... Piozzi Letters , i . 138 . › Chambers says that ' James's Court , till the building of the New Town , was inhabited by a select set of gentlemen . They kept a clerk to record their names and their proceedings , had a scavenger of their ...
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... Piozzi Letters , i . 109 . ' See ante , i . 362 . • Miss Burney , describing her first sight of Johnson , says : - ' Upon asking my father why he had not prepared us for such uncouth , un- toward strangeness , he laughed heartily , and ...
... Piozzi Letters , i . 109 . ' See ante , i . 362 . • Miss Burney , describing her first sight of Johnson , says : - ' Upon asking my father why he had not prepared us for such uncouth , un- toward strangeness , he laughed heartily , and ...
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... Piozzi Letters , i . 109. Lord Shelburne says that ' her husband , the last Duke , could neither read nor write without great difficulty . ' Fitzmaurice's Shelburne , i . 11. Dr. A. Carlyle ( Auto . p . 107 ) says that in 1745 he heard ...
... Piozzi Letters , i . 109. Lord Shelburne says that ' her husband , the last Duke , could neither read nor write without great difficulty . ' Fitzmaurice's Shelburne , i . 11. Dr. A. Carlyle ( Auto . p . 107 ) says that in 1745 he heard ...
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... the tumult . I have never been well in the whole journey , and am very easily disordered . ' Piozzi Letters , i . 109 . • See ante , iv . 20 , and under June 9 , 1784 . arguments August 16. ] Witchcraft . 5 I arguments are not.
... the tumult . I have never been well in the whole journey , and am very easily disordered . ' Piozzi Letters , i . 109 . • See ante , iv . 20 , and under June 9 , 1784 . arguments August 16. ] Witchcraft . 5 I arguments are not.
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