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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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Cyclopedia of English Literature: a Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...proprietor of the ' World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary' is recommended to the public, ing, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil тегу little accuHtomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 1

Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 pages
...the proprietor of 'The World/ that two papers in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publiek were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished...I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, lite the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear to wish that I...
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Works, Including His Letters to His Son, &c: To which is Prefixed an ...

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 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 National Magazine, Volume 2

Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 594 pages
...by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honor which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or...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 National Magazine, Volume 2

Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 pages
...hy your lordship. To he so distinguished is an honor which, heing very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or...what terms to acknowledge. "When, upon some slight eneouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, hy the enehantment...
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Life and Writings of Samuel Johnson ...

Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 332 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...your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your addre.«sa*-"1 «uld not forbear to wish that I might boast myself...
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Recollections of a Literary Life

Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 pages
...by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honor which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or...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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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or...upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your \OYdship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could...
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Recollections of a Literary Life, Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 1

Mary Russell Mitford - 1857 - 396 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...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 English language, in its elements and forms

William Chauncey Fowler - 1857 - 516 pages
...papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be to distinguished is an honour which, being very little...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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