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 Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose com- pany has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I mention that there ...
... particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose com- pany has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I mention that there ...
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... particular on which it has become necessary to speak very plainly . I have , therefore , in this work been more reserved ; and though I tell nothing but the truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be ...
... particular on which it has become necessary to speak very plainly . I have , therefore , in this work been more reserved ; and though I tell nothing but the truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be ...
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... particular friends , but of many other learned and ingenious men , by which I have been enabled to rectify some mistakes , and to enrich the work with many valuable additions . These I have ordered to be printed separately in quarto ...
... particular friends , but of many other learned and ingenious men , by which I have been enabled to rectify some mistakes , and to enrich the work with many valuable additions . These I have ordered to be printed separately in quarto ...
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... particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end , we may hope for impartiality , but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a ...
... particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end , we may hope for impartiality , but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a ...
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... particular , which can throw light on the progress of his mind , is interesting . That he was remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be supposed ; for to use his own words in his " Life of Sydenham , " , " " That the ...
... particular , which can throw light on the progress of his mind , is interesting . That he was remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be supposed ; for to use his own words in his " Life of Sydenham , " , " " That the ...
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