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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... appeared to me to have considerable weight ' . And in the particular case of our family , I apprehended that we were under an implied obligation , in honour and good faith , to transmit the estate by the same tenure which we held it ...
... appeared to me to have considerable weight ' . And in the particular case of our family , I apprehended that we were under an implied obligation , in honour and good faith , to transmit the estate by the same tenure which we held it ...
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... appeared to my imagination while I trod its pavement , in the folemn darkness of the night , to be sacred to wisdom and piety . ” Being informed that he was at Mr. Thrale's , in the Borough , I haftened thither , and found Mrs. Thrale ...
... appeared to my imagination while I trod its pavement , in the folemn darkness of the night , to be sacred to wisdom and piety . ” Being informed that he was at Mr. Thrale's , in the Borough , I haftened thither , and found Mrs. Thrale ...
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... appearance with Cicero's beautiful image of Virtue , could she be seen . Johnson coincided with me and said , " When a man voluntarily engages in an important controversy , he is to do all he can to leffen his antagonist , because ...
... appearance with Cicero's beautiful image of Virtue , could she be seen . Johnson coincided with me and said , " When a man voluntarily engages in an important controversy , he is to do all he can to leffen his antagonist , because ...
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... appeared to be going forward in Lichfield . I found however two strange manufactures for so inland a place , fail - cloth and streamers for ships ; , and I observed them making some saddle - cloths , and dressing sheepskins : but upon ...
... appeared to be going forward in Lichfield . I found however two strange manufactures for so inland a place , fail - cloth and streamers for ships ; , and I observed them making some saddle - cloths , and dressing sheepskins : but upon ...
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... appeared , that they were so very different in depth in different periods , that no calculation whatever could be made as to the time required for their formation . This fully refuted an antimosaical remark introduced into Captain ...
... appeared , that they were so very different in depth in different periods , that no calculation whatever could be made as to the time required for their formation . This fully refuted an antimosaical remark introduced into Captain ...
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