The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Works, in Chronological Order : a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence, Conversations with Many Eminent Persons, and Original Pieces of His Composition : the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3Baynes and Son (and 25 others), 1826 - 1854 pages |
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... passed between me and captain Cook , the day before , at d See Murphy's Essay on the Life and Genius of Dr. Johnson , prefixed to the Oxford edition of his works , vol . i . p . vii.-ED. dinner at sir John Pringle's ; and he was much 6 ...
... passed between me and captain Cook , the day before , at d See Murphy's Essay on the Life and Genius of Dr. Johnson , prefixed to the Oxford edition of his works , vol . i . p . vii.-ED. dinner at sir John Pringle's ; and he was much 6 ...
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... passed his time , while in England , only in the best company ; so that all he had acquired of our manners was genteel . As a proof of this , sir , lord Mulgrave and he dined one day at Streath- am ; they sat with their backs to the ...
... passed his time , while in England , only in the best company ; so that all he had acquired of our manners was genteel . As a proof of this , sir , lord Mulgrave and he dined one day at Streath- am ; they sat with their backs to the ...
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... passed declaratory of their full right to one as well as the other , in matter of libel ; and the bill having been brought in by a popular gentlemana , many of his party have , in most extravagant terms , declaimed on the wonderful ...
... passed declaratory of their full right to one as well as the other , in matter of libel ; and the bill having been brought in by a popular gentlemana , many of his party have , in most extravagant terms , declaimed on the wonderful ...
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... . I have frequently thought , that if he had made out what the French call une catalogue raisonnée of all the people who had passed under his observation , it would have afforded a very rich fund of instruction and 16 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
... . I have frequently thought , that if he had made out what the French call une catalogue raisonnée of all the people who had passed under his observation , it would have afforded a very rich fund of instruction and 16 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
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... passed some time by ourselves . I was sorry to find it was now resolved that the proposed journey to Italy should not take place this year . He said , " I am disappointed , to be sure ; but it is not a great disappointment . " I ...
... passed some time by ourselves . I was sorry to find it was now resolved that the proposed journey to Italy should not take place this year . He said , " I am disappointed , to be sure ; but it is not a great disappointment . " I ...
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