“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: ..., Volume 1Routledge, 1857 - 291 pages |
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... character , so as to understand his mode of treating his friends , have arraigned my judgment , instead of seeing that I was sensible of all that they could observe . It is related of the great Dr. Clarke , that when , in one of his ...
... character , so as to understand his mode of treating his friends , have arraigned my judgment , instead of seeing that I was sensible of all that they could observe . It is related of the great Dr. Clarke , that when , in one of his ...
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... character . His being appointed one of his executors , gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments of a diary and other papers as were left ; of which , before delivering them up to the residuary legatee , whose ...
... character . His being appointed one of his executors , gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments of a diary and other papers as were left ; of which , before delivering them up to the residuary legatee , whose ...
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... characters adorned with uniform panegyric , and not to be known from one another but by extrinsic and casual ... character , is , I trust , too well established in the judgment of mankind to be at all shaken by a sneering ...
... characters adorned with uniform panegyric , and not to be known from one another but by extrinsic and casual ... character , is , I trust , too well established in the judgment of mankind to be at all shaken by a sneering ...
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... character more than the greatest sieges , or the most important battles . " " To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit . " The business of the biographer is often to pass slightly over those ...
... character more than the greatest sieges , or the most important battles . " " To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit . " The business of the biographer is often to pass slightly over those ...
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... character whose various excellence I am to endeavour to record , and Nathanael , who died in his twenty - fifth year.1 Mr. Michael Johnson was a man of a large and robust body , and of a strong and active mind ; yet , as in the most ...
... character whose various excellence I am to endeavour to record , and Nathanael , who died in his twenty - fifth year.1 Mr. Michael Johnson was a man of a large and robust body , and of a strong and active mind ; yet , as in the most ...
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