ALS [signed with initials "H.L.P."], 1798 December 7 : Bristol, [England], to Samuel Lysons.

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ALS [signed with initials "H.L.P."], 1798 December 7 : Bristol, [England], to Samuel Lysons.

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Piozzi was a friend of Dr. Samuel Johnson and edited his letters after his death. She refers to this work by commenting: "Mr ... the printer seller can have no new Anecdotes of Johnson ... that is impossible. The World has had information of every time he blew his nose I believe."

3 p. ; 23.5 x 19 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Lysons, Samuel, 1763-1819

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Antiquary. From the description of Letter, 1814. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50658808 Antiquary. Samuel Lysons, 1763-1819, assisted his brother, Daniel Lysons, on the "Magna Britannia." From the description of Letter, 17??. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50658614 ...

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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821

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Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage, Hester Lynch Piozzi ) was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century life. From the description of Autograph poem, unsigned, an adaptation of Francis Fawkes's "An Autumnal Ode, " no date [paper watermarked 1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864928 From the description of...

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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