The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works ... and Various Original Pieces ... Never Before Published ...T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1804 |
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Page 202
... actually printed and laid before the Lords of Session , but without success . My respected friend Lord Hailes , however , one of that honourable body , had critical Etat . 63 . sagacity enough to discover a more 202 THE LIFE OF.
... actually printed and laid before the Lords of Session , but without success . My respected friend Lord Hailes , however , one of that honourable body , had critical Etat . 63 . sagacity enough to discover a more 202 THE LIFE OF.
Page 284
... Sir , Ætat . 65 . to tell " Your most humble servant , " May 10 , 1774 . " SAM . JOHNSON . " " MR . BOSWELL TO DR . JOHNSON . " Edinburgh , May 12 , 1774 . 6 " LORD HAILES has begged of me to offer you his best repects , and to transmit ...
... Sir , Ætat . 65 . to tell " Your most humble servant , " May 10 , 1774 . " SAM . JOHNSON . " " MR . BOSWELL TO DR . JOHNSON . " Edinburgh , May 12 , 1774 . 6 " LORD HAILES has begged of me to offer you his best repects , and to transmit ...
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... Lord Hailes otherwise than with high respect . I return the sheets , " to which I have done what mischief I could ; and finding it so little , thought not much of sending them . The narrative is clear , lively , and short . " I have ...
... Lord Hailes otherwise than with high respect . I return the sheets , " to which I have done what mischief I could ; and finding it so little , thought not much of sending them . The narrative is clear , lively , and short . " I have ...
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... Lord Hailes's Annals of Scotland , ' are excellent . agreed with you in every one of them . He himself -objected ... Lord Hailes writes to me thus : VOL . II . " Mr. Boswell will be pleased to U 1774. express the grateful sense which Sir ...
... Lord Hailes's Annals of Scotland , ' are excellent . agreed with you in every one of them . He himself -objected ... Lord Hailes writes to me thus : VOL . II . " Mr. Boswell will be pleased to U 1774. express the grateful sense which Sir ...
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... Lord Hailes had it in view . I remember one morning , while he sat with you in my house , he said , that there should be a new edition of Walton's Lives ; and you said that " they should be benoted a little . " This was all that passed ...
... Lord Hailes had it in view . I remember one morning , while he sat with you in my house , he said , that there should be a new edition of Walton's Lives ; and you said that " they should be benoted a little . " This was all that passed ...
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