The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3National ilustrated library, 1859 |
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... Writing " Biographia Britannica " -Melancholy and Madness - London Society -Boswell's Ancestor , Lord Douglas - The Legal Profession - Ashbourne Church- Intimacy between Johnson and Dr. Taylor - Johnson's Conversational Powers- Mrs ...
... Writing " Biographia Britannica " -Melancholy and Madness - London Society -Boswell's Ancestor , Lord Douglas - The Legal Profession - Ashbourne Church- Intimacy between Johnson and Dr. Taylor - Johnson's Conversational Powers- Mrs ...
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... written by Johnson - Kaimes's Sketches - Sir George Villiers's Ghost - Johnson's Condemnation of French Manners - Lord Charlemont - A Country Life - On Subordination - Rev . Mr. Horne -- Dr . Mead- General Burgoyne's Army- " Rasselas ...
... written by Johnson - Kaimes's Sketches - Sir George Villiers's Ghost - Johnson's Condemnation of French Manners - Lord Charlemont - A Country Life - On Subordination - Rev . Mr. Horne -- Dr . Mead- General Burgoyne's Army- " Rasselas ...
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... writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his life- time , because he may be hurt in his worldly interest , or at least hurt in 66 1 John Maclaurin was the son of the ...
... writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his life- time , because he may be hurt in his worldly interest , or at least hurt in 66 1 John Maclaurin was the son of the ...
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... written ; for a great deal is known of men of which proof cannot be brought . A minister may be notoriously known to take bribes , and yet you may not be able to prove it . " Mr. Murray suggested that the author should be obliged to ...
... written ; for a great deal is known of men of which proof cannot be brought . A minister may be notoriously known to take bribes , and yet you may not be able to prove it . " Mr. Murray suggested that the author should be obliged to ...
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... writing the proposals for his Dictionary , and also a little in the Dictionary itself . I also learnt from Dr. Lawrence , but was then grown more stubborn . " A curious incident happened to day , while Mr. Thrale and I sat with him ...
... writing the proposals for his Dictionary , and also a little in the Dictionary itself . I also learnt from Dr. Lawrence , but was then grown more stubborn . " A curious incident happened to day , while Mr. Thrale and I sat with him ...
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