Boswell's Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... letter by being directed to S. Smith , to be left at the Castle in Birmingham , Warwickshire , will reach ' Your humble servant . ' Mr. Cave has put a note on this letter , ' Answered Dec. 2. ' But whether any thing was done in ...
... letter by being directed to S. Smith , to be left at the Castle in Birmingham , Warwickshire , will reach ' Your humble servant . ' Mr. Cave has put a note on this letter , ' Answered Dec. 2. ' But whether any thing was done in ...
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... letter to me from Miss Seward , of Lichfield : - ' I know those verses were addressed to Lucy Porter , when he was enamoured of her in his boyish days , two or three years before he had seen her mother , his future wife . He wrote them ...
... letter to me from Miss Seward , of Lichfield : - ' I know those verses were addressed to Lucy Porter , when he was enamoured of her in his boyish days , two or three years before he had seen her mother , his future wife . He wrote them ...
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... letter from Earl Gower , that the trustees of it were some worthy gentlemen in Johnson's neighbourhood , ' I in my first edition suggested that Pope must have , by mistake , written Shropshire , instead of Staffordshire . But I have ...
... letter from Earl Gower , that the trustees of it were some worthy gentlemen in Johnson's neighbourhood , ' I in my first edition suggested that Pope must have , by mistake , written Shropshire , instead of Staffordshire . But I have ...
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... letter to Mr. Cave concludes with a fair confession that he had not a dinner ; and it is no less remarkable , that , though in this state of want himself , his benevolent heart was not insen- sible to the necessities of an humble ...
... letter to Mr. Cave concludes with a fair confession that he had not a dinner ; and it is no less remarkable , that , though in this state of want himself , his benevolent heart was not insen- sible to the necessities of an humble ...
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... letter from you without great pleasure , and a very warm sense of your generosity and friendship , which I heartily blame myself for not cultivating with more care . In this , as in many other cases , I go wrong , in opposition to ...
... letter from you without great pleasure , and a very warm sense of your generosity and friendship , which I heartily blame myself for not cultivating with more care . In this , as in many other cases , I go wrong , in opposition to ...
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