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... London " was published in May , 1738 ; 1 and it is 1 Sir John Hawkins , p . 86 , tells us , " The event is antedated , in the poem of ' London , ' but in every particular , except the difference of a year , what is there said of the ...
... London " was published in May , 1738 ; 1 and it is 1 Sir John Hawkins , p . 86 , tells us , " The event is antedated , in the poem of ' London , ' but in every particular , except the difference of a year , what is there said of the ...
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... London , the ex- quisite zest with which I relished it in occasional visits might go off , and I might grow tired of it . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , you find no man , at all intellectual , who is willing to leave London . No , Sir , when a ...
... London , the ex- quisite zest with which I relished it in occasional visits might go off , and I might grow tired of it . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , you find no man , at all intellectual , who is willing to leave London . No , Sir , when a ...
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... London . " 1 On Friday , March 21 , having arrived in London the night be- fore , I was glad to find him at Mrs. Thrale's house , in Argyll - street , appearances of friendship between them being still kept up . I was shewn into his ...
... London . " 1 On Friday , March 21 , having arrived in London the night be- fore , I was glad to find him at Mrs. Thrale's house , in Argyll - street , appearances of friendship between them being still kept up . I was shewn into his ...
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