The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 77
... hundred pounds a year ; and had a thousand pounds for Defence of the People . His widow , who , after his death ... hundred pounds , on which his widow laid hold , and only gave one hundred to each of his daughters . His literature was ...
... hundred pounds a year ; and had a thousand pounds for Defence of the People . His widow , who , after his death ... hundred pounds , on which his widow laid hold , and only gave one hundred to each of his daughters . His literature was ...
Pagina 83
... hundred and thirty pounds , though Dr. Newton brought a large contribution ; and twenty pounds were given by Tonson , a man who is to be praised as often as he is named . Of this sum one hundred pounds were placed in the stocks , after ...
... hundred and thirty pounds , though Dr. Newton brought a large contribution ; and twenty pounds were given by Tonson , a man who is to be praised as often as he is named . Of this sum one hundred pounds were placed in the stocks , after ...
Pagina 120
... hundred guineas ; but of this temporary bounty I find no proof . Wood relates that he was secretary to Villiers , duke of Buckingham , when he was chancellor of Cambridge : this is doubted by the other writer , who yet allows the duke ...
... hundred guineas ; but of this temporary bounty I find no proof . Wood relates that he was secretary to Villiers , duke of Buckingham , when he was chancellor of Cambridge : this is doubted by the other writer , who yet allows the duke ...
Pagina 122
... hundred pounds . This is contradicted by all tradition , by the com- PIn a note in the Biographia Britannica , p . 1075 , he is said , on the authority of the younger Mr. Longueville , to have lived for some years in Rose street ...
... hundred pounds . This is contradicted by all tradition , by the com- PIn a note in the Biographia Britannica , p . 1075 , he is said , on the authority of the younger Mr. Longueville , to have lived for some years in Rose street ...
Pagina 176
... hundred thousand pounds ; and , when he was driven from the exchange , raised a regiment , and commanded it . Sir Nicholas flattered himself with an opinion , that some provocation would so much exasperate , or some opportunity so much ...
... hundred thousand pounds ; and , when he was driven from the exchange , raised a regiment , and commanded it . Sir Nicholas flattered himself with an opinion , that some provocation would so much exasperate , or some opportunity so much ...
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