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 Three Volumes ...Henry Baldwin, 1793 |
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... Such was the heat and irritability of his blood , that not only did he pare his nails to the quick ; but fcraped the joints of his fingers with a pen- knife , till they feemed quite red and raw .. < The heterogeneous compofition of ...
... Such was the heat and irritability of his blood , that not only did he pare his nails to the quick ; but fcraped the joints of his fingers with a pen- knife , till they feemed quite red and raw .. < The heterogeneous compofition of ...
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... such as that he has a power to unmake or annihilate his creature . * " Then it cannot be conceived that a creature can make laws for its CREATOR 3 . 3 His profound adoration of the GREAT FIRST CAUSE was fuch as to fet him above that ...
... such as that he has a power to unmake or annihilate his creature . * " Then it cannot be conceived that a creature can make laws for its CREATOR 3 . 3 His profound adoration of the GREAT FIRST CAUSE was fuch as to fet him above that ...
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... its founder Thomas Bofwell , in 1504 , recorded and illustrated by Johnson's pen . Such was his goodness to me , that when I prefumed to folicit him for fo great a favour , * b 3 a favour , he was pleased to say , " DR . JOHNSON . * xxi.
... its founder Thomas Bofwell , in 1504 , recorded and illustrated by Johnson's pen . Such was his goodness to me , that when I prefumed to folicit him for fo great a favour , * b 3 a favour , he was pleased to say , " DR . JOHNSON . * xxi.
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... Such was the number and variety of the Profe Works of this extraordinary man , which I have been able to difcover and am at liberty to mention ; but we ought to keep in mind , that there muft undoubtedly have been many more which are ...
... Such was the number and variety of the Profe Works of this extraordinary man , which I have been able to difcover and am at liberty to mention ; but we ought to keep in mind , that there muft undoubtedly have been many more which are ...
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... Such was probable conjecture . But in the Gentleman's Magazine for May , 1793 , there is a letter from Mr. Henn , one of the mafters of the school of Appleby , in Leicestershire , in which he writes as follows , " " I compared time and ...
... Such was probable conjecture . But in the Gentleman's Magazine for May , 1793 , there is a letter from Mr. Henn , one of the mafters of the school of Appleby , in Leicestershire , in which he writes as follows , " " I compared time and ...
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