Biographiana, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1799 - Anecdotes |
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Page 357
... EARL OF ESSEX . WHEN this accomplished nobleman was in Ireland , and the rebellious Tyrone talked to him * " Law , " faid Dr. Johnfon one day very finely , " is the " laft refult of human wifdom acting upon human expe- " rience for the ...
... EARL OF ESSEX . WHEN this accomplished nobleman was in Ireland , and the rebellious Tyrone talked to him * " Law , " faid Dr. Johnfon one day very finely , " is the " laft refult of human wifdom acting upon human expe- " rience for the ...
Page 358
... Earl of Rutland , which are only to be found in a little volume now be- come very scarce . They are reprinted in this COLLECTION , together with fome directions on the fame fubject by Sir Philip Sydney . up The late E. of E. bis Advice ...
... Earl of Rutland , which are only to be found in a little volume now be- come very scarce . They are reprinted in this COLLECTION , together with fome directions on the fame fubject by Sir Philip Sydney . up The late E. of E. bis Advice ...
Page 383
... Earl of Shrewsbury , who ap- pears , by the following letter , to have been ready , in cafe of any attempt to rescue her from captivity , to affaffinate her . 66 " To the Queen Elizabeth . May it pleas y ' most excellent Mai " It ...
... Earl of Shrewsbury , who ap- pears , by the following letter , to have been ready , in cafe of any attempt to rescue her from captivity , to affaffinate her . 66 " To the Queen Elizabeth . May it pleas y ' most excellent Mai " It ...
Page 410
... ( Earl of Pembroke ) and Sir George Whar- " ton , with others , played at cards ; where " Sir George fhewed fuch choler , as My Lord " of Pembroke told him , ' Sir George , I have " loved you long , and defire ftill to do fo ; but " by ...
... ( Earl of Pembroke ) and Sir George Whar- " ton , with others , played at cards ; where " Sir George fhewed fuch choler , as My Lord " of Pembroke told him , ' Sir George , I have " loved you long , and defire ftill to do fo ; but " by ...
Page 423
... the following charaç- ter of feveral authors : " The authors I have feen , " faith he , " on " the fubject of love , are the Earl of Surrey , " Sir EE 4 1 " Sir Thomas Wyat ( whom , because of their BIOGRAPHIANA , 423.
... the following charaç- ter of feveral authors : " The authors I have feen , " faith he , " on " the fubject of love , are the Earl of Surrey , " Sir EE 4 1 " Sir Thomas Wyat ( whom , because of their BIOGRAPHIANA , 423.
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