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... lordship while under arrest , he saw him several times ; upon one of which occasions lord Charles read to him what he had prepared , which Johnson signified his approbation of , saying , ' It is a very good soldierly defence . ' Johnson ...
... lordship while under arrest , he saw him several times ; upon one of which occasions lord Charles read to him what he had prepared , which Johnson signified his approbation of , saying , ' It is a very good soldierly defence . ' Johnson ...
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... lordship observed one of his shepherds poring in the fields upon Milton's Paradise Lost ; and having asked him what book it was , the man answered , “ " An't please your lordship , this is a very odd sort of an au- thor : he would fain ...
... lordship observed one of his shepherds poring in the fields upon Milton's Paradise Lost ; and having asked him what book it was , the man answered , “ " An't please your lordship , this is a very odd sort of an au- thor : he would fain ...
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... lordship along with lord Bolingbroke , in a charge of neglect of the papers which Pope left by his will ; when , in truth , as I myself pointed out to him before he wrote that poet's life , the papers were " committed to the sole care ...
... lordship along with lord Bolingbroke , in a charge of neglect of the papers which Pope left by his will ; when , in truth , as I myself pointed out to him before he wrote that poet's life , the papers were " committed to the sole care ...
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... lordship to him . I can by no means Let not my readers smile to think of Johnson's being a candidate for female favour : Mr. Peter Garrick assured me that he was told by a lady , that in her opinion Johnson was " a very seducing man ...
... lordship to him . I can by no means Let not my readers smile to think of Johnson's being a candidate for female favour : Mr. Peter Garrick assured me that he was told by a lady , that in her opinion Johnson was " a very seducing man ...
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James Boswell. 66 join in the censure bestowed by Johnson on his lordship , whom he calls " poor Lyttelton , " for returning thanks to the Critical Reviewers for having " kindly commended " his Dialogues of the Dead . Such ...
James Boswell. 66 join in the censure bestowed by Johnson on his lordship , whom he calls " poor Lyttelton , " for returning thanks to the Critical Reviewers for having " kindly commended " his Dialogues of the Dead . Such ...
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