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The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ... - Page 46
by Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 394 pages
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The cabinet; or The selected beauties of literature [ed. by J ..., Volume 1

Cabinet - 1824 - 440 pages
...the proprietor of the WORLD, that two papers in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publick, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished,...receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When, upon some slighti. encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind,...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 366 pages
..." were written by your Lordship. To be so dis" tinguished, is an honour which, being very lit" tie accustomed to favours from the great, I " know not...your Lordship, I was overpowered, " like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment " of your address, and could not forbear to wish, " that I might boast...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 426 pages
...the proprietors of the World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publick, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished...well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre; that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending....
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1824 - 454 pages
...the proprietor of the World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publick, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished,...very little accustomed to favours from the great, 1 Dr. Johnson appeared to have had a remarkable delicacy with respect to the circulation of this letter;...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Essay on the life and genius of Dr ...

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...the proprietors of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publick, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished...your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish, that I might boast myself...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 pages
...the proprietors of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publick, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished...your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish, that I might boast myself...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 pages
...the proprietors of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished,...accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well bow to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. ' When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited...
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The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster ..., Volume 2

George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 524 pages
...the proprietor of the ' World,' that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written^ by your lordship. To be so distinguished...your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1826 - 440 pages
...a smile, " No, sir ; I have hurt the dog too much already ;" or words to that purpose — BOSWELL. your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour,...your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1826 - 442 pages
...with a smile, "No, sir; I have .hurt the dog too much already ;" or words to that purpose — BOSWELL. your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour,...your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself...
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