Boswell's Life of JohnsonHumphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922 |
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... Lord Chesterfield wished him to be . He has been called dull , gross , and aukward ; but I knew him at Dresden ... SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS MY DEAR SIR , -Every.
... Lord Chesterfield wished him to be . He has been called dull , gross , and aukward ; but I knew him at Dresden ... SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS MY DEAR SIR , -Every.
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... Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in one of his letters , when earnestly cautioning a friend against the pernicious effects of idleness , that active sports are not to be reckoned idleness in young people ; and that the ...
... Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in one of his letters , when earnestly cautioning a friend against the pernicious effects of idleness , that active sports are not to be reckoned idleness in young people ; and that the ...
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... unaided , for the execution of a work , which in other coun- tries has not been effected but by the co - operating exertions of many , were Mr. Robert Dodsley , Mr. Charles Hitch , 1747 ] ADDRESS TO LORD CHESTERFIELD 125 Mr. Andrew Millar.
... unaided , for the execution of a work , which in other coun- tries has not been effected but by the co - operating exertions of many , were Mr. Robert Dodsley , Mr. Charles Hitch , 1747 ] ADDRESS TO LORD CHESTERFIELD 125 Mr. Andrew Millar.
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... Sir , the way in which the Plan of my Dictionary came to be inscribed to Lord Chesterfield , was this : I had neglected to write it by the time appointed . Dodsley suggested a desire to have it addressed to Lord Chesterfield . I laid ...
... Sir , the way in which the Plan of my Dictionary came to be inscribed to Lord Chesterfield , was this : I had neglected to write it by the time appointed . Dodsley suggested a desire to have it addressed to Lord Chesterfield . I laid ...
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... Lord Chesterfield was not merely in consequence of the result of a report by means of Dodsley , that the Earl favoured the design ; but that there had been a particular communication with his Lordship concerning it . Dr. Taylor told me ...
... Lord Chesterfield was not merely in consequence of the result of a report by means of Dodsley , that the Earl favoured the design ; but that there had been a particular communication with his Lordship concerning it . Dr. Taylor told me ...
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