The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Band 4J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... dined with Dr. Butter , whose lady is daughter of my cousin Sir John Douglas , whose grandson is now presumptive heir of the noble family of Queens- berry . Johnson and he had a good deal of medical conversation . Johnson said , he had ...
... dined with Dr. Butter , whose lady is daughter of my cousin Sir John Douglas , whose grandson is now presumptive heir of the noble family of Queens- berry . Johnson and he had a good deal of medical conversation . Johnson said , he had ...
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... dined with him in London , in a company where were present several eminent men , whom I shall not name , but distinguish their parts in the conversation by different letters . F. " I have been looking at this famous antique marble dog ...
... dined with him in London , in a company where were present several eminent men , whom I shall not name , but distinguish their parts in the conversation by different letters . F. " I have been looking at this famous antique marble dog ...
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... dined . He entertained us with an account of a tragedy written by a Dr. Kennedy ( not the Lisbon physician ) . " The cata- strophe of it ( said he ) was , that a King , who was jealous of his Queen with his prime - minister , cas ...
... dined . He entertained us with an account of a tragedy written by a Dr. Kennedy ( not the Lisbon physician ) . " The cata- strophe of it ( said he ) was , that a King , who was jealous of his Queen with his prime - minister , cas ...
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... dined with him at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , with the Bishop of St. Asaph , ( Dr. Shipley ) , Mr. Allan Ramsay , Mr. Gibbon , Mr. Cambridge , and Mr. Langton . Mr. Ramsay had lately returned from Italy , and entertained us with his ...
... dined with him at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , with the Bishop of St. Asaph , ( Dr. Shipley ) , Mr. Allan Ramsay , Mr. Gibbon , Mr. Cambridge , and Mr. Langton . Mr. Ramsay had lately returned from Italy , and entertained us with his ...
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... dined together with Mr. Scott ( now Sir Wil- liam Scott , his Majesty's Advocate General ) , ' at his chambers in the Temple , nobody else there . company being small , Johnson was not in such spirits as he had been the preceding day ...
... dined together with Mr. Scott ( now Sir Wil- liam Scott , his Majesty's Advocate General ) , ' at his chambers in the Temple , nobody else there . company being small , Johnson was not in such spirits as he had been the preceding day ...
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