The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius, Volume 1Luke Hansard & Sons, 1810 |
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... live in tents or cottages made of straw or clay , very rarely building with stone . Their villages or towns consist of these huts ; yet even of such villages they have but few , because the grandees , the viceroys , and the emperor ...
... live in tents or cottages made of straw or clay , very rarely building with stone . Their villages or towns consist of these huts ; yet even of such villages they have but few , because the grandees , the viceroys , and the emperor ...
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... lives of Boerhaave , Blake , Barratier , Father Paul , and others , were , about that time , printed in the Gentleman's Magazine . The subscription of fifty pounds a year for Savage was completed ; and in July , 1739 , Johnson parted ...
... lives of Boerhaave , Blake , Barratier , Father Paul , and others , were , about that time , printed in the Gentleman's Magazine . The subscription of fifty pounds a year for Savage was completed ; and in July , 1739 , Johnson parted ...
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... live in peace with mankind , and in a temper to do good offices , was the most essential part of our duty . That notion of moral goodness gave umbrage to Sir John Hawkins , and drew down upon the memory of his friend the bitterest im ...
... live in peace with mankind , and in a temper to do good offices , was the most essential part of our duty . That notion of moral goodness gave umbrage to Sir John Hawkins , and drew down upon the memory of his friend the bitterest im ...
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... live , was now his pride to write . He communi- cated his plan to none of his friends ; he de- sired no assistance , relying entirely on his own fund , and the protection of the Divine Being , which he implored in a solemn form of ...
... live , was now his pride to write . He communi- cated his plan to none of his friends ; he de- sired no assistance , relying entirely on his own fund , and the protection of the Divine Being , which he implored in a solemn form of ...
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... live to see the triumph of his ' abours . In May 1755 , that great work was published . Johnson was desirous that it should come from one who had obtained academical honours ; and for that purpose his friend the Rev. Thomas Warton ...
... live to see the triumph of his ' abours . In May 1755 , that great work was published . Johnson was desirous that it should come from one who had obtained academical honours ; and for that purpose his friend the Rev. Thomas Warton ...
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