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 : in Two Volumes, Volume 2Henry Baldwin, 1791 |
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... still ardent , and fraught with generous wishes to Ætat . 67 . attain to still higher degrees of literary excellence , is proved by his private notes of this year , which I shall insert in their proper place . I TO JAMES BOSWELL , Esq ...
... still ardent , and fraught with generous wishes to Ætat . 67 . attain to still higher degrees of literary excellence , is proved by his private notes of this year , which I shall insert in their proper place . I TO JAMES BOSWELL , Esq ...
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... still much encumbered . The frugality of the nephew preserved , and , in some degree , relieved the estate . His son , my grandfather , an eminent lawyer , not only re - purchased a great part of what had been sold , but acquired other ...
... still much encumbered . The frugality of the nephew preserved , and , in some degree , relieved the estate . His son , my grandfather , an eminent lawyer , not only re - purchased a great part of what had been sold , but acquired other ...
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... still retains all the power which law does not take from him . « In the exercise of the right which law either leaves or gives , regard is to be paid to moral obligations .. “ . Of the estate which we are now considering , your father still ...
... still retains all the power which law does not take from him . « In the exercise of the right which law either leaves or gives , regard is to be paid to moral obligations .. “ . Of the estate which we are now considering , your father still ...
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... still too knowing to expect that the booksellers will erect themselves into patrons , and buy and sell under the influence of a disinterested zeal for the promotion of learning “ To the booksellers , if we look for either honour or ...
... still too knowing to expect that the booksellers will erect themselves into patrons , and buy and sell under the influence of a disinterested zeal for the promotion of learning “ To the booksellers , if we look for either honour or ...
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... still keeping to his favourite Fleet - street . My reflection at the time upon this change as marked in my Journal , is , as follows , “ I felt a foolish regret that he had left a court which bore his name ; but it was not foolish to be ...
... still keeping to his favourite Fleet - street . My reflection at the time upon this change as marked in my Journal , is , as follows , “ I felt a foolish regret that he had left a court which bore his name ; but it was not foolish to be ...
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