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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - Page 139
by James Boswell - 1791 - 516 pages
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pages
...your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and ...

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 508 pages
...your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being- very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind,...
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The cabinet; or The selected beauties of literature [ed. by J ..., Volume 1

Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to 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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Annual Register, Volume 33

Edmund Burke - History - 1824 - 910 pages
...your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship 1 was overpowered, like the rest of mankind,...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 426 pages
...by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not 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 Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Essay on the life and genius of Dr ...

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When, upon some slight 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 - 1825 - 508 pages
...by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind,...
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The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster ..., Volume 2

George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 524 pages
...your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour, which, 'being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. ' When upon some slight encouragement I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind,...
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The Monuments and Genii of St.Paul's and Westminster Abbey: Comprising Naval ...

George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pages
...your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. ' When upon some slight encouragement I first visited yoor lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1826 - 440 pages
...your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind,...
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