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Page xl
... give it , till the very last moment , and then , in great haste , called it , ' She Stoops to Con- quer , or the Mistakes of a Night . ' Sir Joshua , who disliked this name for a play , offered a much better to him , saying , You ought ...
... give it , till the very last moment , and then , in great haste , called it , ' She Stoops to Con- quer , or the Mistakes of a Night . ' Sir Joshua , who disliked this name for a play , offered a much better to him , saying , You ought ...
Page xlii
... give it a place here nearly in his own words . My friend informed me , that whilst travelling in the stage- coach towards Ireland , in the autumn of 1791 , he was joined at Oswestry by a venerable - looking gentleman , who , in the ...
... give it a place here nearly in his own words . My friend informed me , that whilst travelling in the stage- coach towards Ireland , in the autumn of 1791 , he was joined at Oswestry by a venerable - looking gentleman , who , in the ...
Page xlvii
... give the club an agreeable variety , that there could then be nothing new among the mem- bers , and that they had travelled over each other's minds ; to which Johnson answered , Sir , you have not travelled over my mind , I promise you ...
... give the club an agreeable variety , that there could then be nothing new among the mem- bers , and that they had travelled over each other's minds ; to which Johnson answered , Sir , you have not travelled over my mind , I promise you ...
Page xlviii
... give Mr. Yates the proper instructions ; and so , even so , he commits him to fortune and the public . ' 6 For the Right Hon . Lord Clare , ( Mr. Cradock , ) Gosfield , Essex . ' This Prologue was evidently intended to be spoken by Mr ...
... give Mr. Yates the proper instructions ; and so , even so , he commits him to fortune and the public . ' 6 For the Right Hon . Lord Clare , ( Mr. Cradock , ) Gosfield , Essex . ' This Prologue was evidently intended to be spoken by Mr ...
Page liv
... give me a second trouble . ' Mr. Nichols once asked Dr. Johnson , if the story was true .'— No , sir , it was not in his shop , it was in my own house . ' I had not seen or heard from Dr. Goldsmith for a very con- siderable time , till ...
... give me a second trouble . ' Mr. Nichols once asked Dr. Johnson , if the story was true .'— No , sir , it was not in his shop , it was in my own house . ' I had not seen or heard from Dr. Goldsmith for a very con- siderable time , till ...
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