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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... writing for profit , ii . 149 . Akerman , Mr. character and anecdotes of , ii . 319 , the respect due to them , ii . 239 397 . 320 . Alfred , Johnson's desire to write his life , i . 95 . B. Allen , wt . the printer , ii . 284 , 384 ...
... writing for profit , ii . 149 . Akerman , Mr. character and anecdotes of , ii . 319 , the respect due to them , ii . 239 397 . 320 . Alfred , Johnson's desire to write his life , i . 95 . B. Allen , wt . the printer , ii . 284 , 384 ...
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... Write to me , as any thing occurs to you ; and if I find myself stopped by want of facts necessary to be known , I ... write upon a question which requires more knowledge of local law , and more acquaintance with the general rules of ...
... Write to me , as any thing occurs to you ; and if I find myself stopped by want of facts necessary to be known , I ... write upon a question which requires more knowledge of local law , and more acquaintance with the general rules of ...
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... write well a • The privilege of perpetuating in a family an estate and arms indefeasibly from generation to generation , is enjoyed by none of his Majesty's subjects except in Scotland , where the legal fi & tion of a fine and recovery ...
... write well a • The privilege of perpetuating in a family an estate and arms indefeasibly from generation to generation , is enjoyed by none of his Majesty's subjects except in Scotland , where the legal fi & tion of a fine and recovery ...
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... write a good book upon it , a man must have extensive views . It is not necessary to have practised , to write well upon a subject . ” I mentioned law as a subject on which no man could write well without practice . Johnson . “ Why ...
... write a good book upon it , a man must have extensive views . It is not necessary to have practised , to write well upon a subject . ” I mentioned law as a subject on which no man could write well without practice . Johnson . “ Why ...
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... writer with smooth civility . Where there is a controversy concerning a passage in a classick authour , or concerning a question in antiquities , or any other subject in which human happiness is not deeply interested , a man may treat ...
... writer with smooth civility . Where there is a controversy concerning a passage in a classick authour , or concerning a question in antiquities , or any other subject in which human happiness is not deeply interested , a man may treat ...
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