Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 2. ciltClarendon Press, 1892 |
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¹ Piozzi Ante April Ashbourne Aston August BARETTI Bath BENNET LANGTON Bolt Court Brighthelmstone Brocklesby called Croker's Bos D'Arblay's Diary DEAR MADAM DEAR SIR dearest Lady DEAREST MADAM death Derbyshire Desmoulins Dictionary dined dinner doubt favour Frances Burney Gentleman's Magazine give glad Hawkins Hayward's Piozzi hear Heberden hope Horace Walpole Horace Walpole wrote humble servant JAMES BOSWELL JOHN NICHOLS Johnson wrote July June kind Langton Levet Lichfield live London Lord man's Magazine master Memoirs mentioned mind Miss Burney Miss Reynolds morning never night October Oxford Pembroke College perhaps physician physick Piozzi Letters pleased Poets poor Pray published in Croker's Queeney REVEREND DR SAM JOHNSON says seems sent SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS soon Strahan Streatham suppose talk tell thing thought THRALE ¹ tion to-morrow told week Williams wish write written
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