Johnsonian Miscellanies, Volume 2George Birkbeck Norman Hill Harper and Brothers, 1897 |
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... books have been perused by me with greater pleasure than his Improvement of the Mind . Works , viii . 385 . 6 This work is not in the British Museum . He He has been accused of treating Lord Lyttelton roughly in 2 Apophthegms , Sentiments.
... books have been perused by me with greater pleasure than his Improvement of the Mind . Works , viii . 385 . 6 This work is not in the British Museum . He He has been accused of treating Lord Lyttelton roughly in 2 Apophthegms , Sentiments.
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... Lord Lyttelton's envy to Shenstone for his improvements in his grounds , & c . 2 , was confirmed by an in- genious writer . Spence was in the house for a fortnight with the Lytteltons , before they offered to shew him Shenstone's place ...
... Lord Lyttelton's envy to Shenstone for his improvements in his grounds , & c . 2 , was confirmed by an in- genious writer . Spence was in the house for a fortnight with the Lytteltons , before they offered to shew him Shenstone's place ...
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... Lord Marchmont ' to make some inquiries after particulars of Mr. Pope's life ; his first question was , -What kind of a man was Mr. Pope in his conversation ? his lordship answered , that if the conversation did not take something on I ...
... Lord Marchmont ' to make some inquiries after particulars of Mr. Pope's life ; his first question was , -What kind of a man was Mr. Pope in his conversation ? his lordship answered , that if the conversation did not take something on I ...
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... Lord Valen- tia's Travels , agreed with his lord- ship in questioning Bruce's state- ments . I think Lord Valentia is rather unfair to Bruce ; ( wrote Scott ) I know that surly Patagonian . ' He adds that he must have been in Abyssinia ...
... Lord Valen- tia's Travels , agreed with his lord- ship in questioning Bruce's state- ments . I think Lord Valentia is rather unfair to Bruce ; ( wrote Scott ) I know that surly Patagonian . ' He adds that he must have been in Abyssinia ...
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... Lord Chester- field's son , at Dodsley's shop , and was so much struck with his awkward manners and appearance , that he could not help asking Mr. Dodsley who he was3 . Speaking one day of tea , he said , —What a delightful beverage ...
... Lord Chester- field's son , at Dodsley's shop , and was so much struck with his awkward manners and appearance , that he could not help asking Mr. Dodsley who he was3 . Speaking one day of tea , he said , —What a delightful beverage ...
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