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... Ashbourne - His Letters to his Friends - His State of Health- Mr. Windham - Johnson Visits Chatsworth - Air Balloons - Johnson's Opinion of their Utility - Mr . Hoole - Mr . Nichols - The Literary Club- Dr. Burney - Mr . Langton ...
... Ashbourne - His Letters to his Friends - His State of Health- Mr. Windham - Johnson Visits Chatsworth - Air Balloons - Johnson's Opinion of their Utility - Mr . Hoole - Mr . Nichols - The Literary Club- Dr. Burney - Mr . Langton ...
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... Ashbourne and Staffordshire was not pleasant ; for what enjoyment has a sick man visiting the sick ? Shall we ever have another frolic like our journey to the Hebrides ? " I hope that dear Mrs. Boswell will surmount her complaints . In ...
... Ashbourne and Staffordshire was not pleasant ; for what enjoyment has a sick man visiting the sick ? Shall we ever have another frolic like our journey to the Hebrides ? " I hope that dear Mrs. Boswell will surmount her complaints . In ...
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... Ashbourne , I believe I can come thither ; if you had rather come to London , I can stay at Streatham : take your choice . " This year has been very heavy . From the middle of January to the middle of June I was battered by one disorder ...
... Ashbourne , I believe I can come thither ; if you had rather come to London , I can stay at Streatham : take your choice . " This year has been very heavy . From the middle of January to the middle of June I was battered by one disorder ...
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... ASHBOURNE , DERBYSHIRE . London , Easter - Monday , April 12 , 1784 . " DEAR SIR , " What can be the reason that I hear nothing from you ? I hope nothing disables you from writing . What I have seen , and what I have felt , gives me ...
... ASHBOURNE , DERBYSHIRE . London , Easter - Monday , April 12 , 1784 . " DEAR SIR , " What can be the reason that I hear nothing from you ? I hope nothing disables you from writing . What I have seen , and what I have felt , gives me ...
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... Ashbourne , in Derbyshire , brother to the learned and ingenious Thomas Astle , Esq . , was from his early years " Letters to Mrs. Thrale , " vol . ii . p . 3.2 . - BosWELL . known to Dr. Johnson , who obligingly advised him as. CHAPTER ...
... Ashbourne , in Derbyshire , brother to the learned and ingenious Thomas Astle , Esq . , was from his early years " Letters to Mrs. Thrale , " vol . ii . p . 3.2 . - BosWELL . known to Dr. Johnson , who obligingly advised him as. CHAPTER ...
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