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Characteristic Anecdotes of Men of Learning and Genius, Natives of Great ... - Page 490
by John Watkins - 1808 - 552 pages
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and ...

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 508 pages
...had once addressed your Lordship in publick, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all...pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,4...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pages
...had once addressed your Lordship in publick, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which n retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all...pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication , without one act of assistance,4...
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Annual Register, Volume 33

Edmund Burke - History - 1824 - 910 pages
...addressed your lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of 440] of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all...or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought...
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The cabinet; or The selected beauties of literature [ed. by J ..., Volume 1

Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...had once addressed your Lordship in publick, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing, which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all...it ever so little. Seven years, my Lord, have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 pages
...had once addressed your lordship in publick, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing, which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all...it ever so little. Seven years, my lord, have now passed, since I waited in your outward room, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time, I...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Essay on the life and genius of Dr ...

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...addressed your lordship in publick, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing, which a retired and unconrtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ;...it ever so little. Seven years, my lord, have now passed, since I waited in your outward room, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time, I...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1826 - 440 pages
...had once addressed your lordship in publick, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all...or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difliculties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought...
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The Monuments and Genii of St.Paul's and Westminster Abbey: Comprising Naval ...

George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pages
...had once addressed your lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all...it ever so little. ' Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have...
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The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster ..., Volume 2

George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 524 pages
...had once addressed your lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all...it ever so little. ' Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. With copious notes by Malone

James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pages
...addressed vour Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtlv scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ;...or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is'uscle-ะท to complain, and have...
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