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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... Votiva pateat veluti defcripta tabella VITA SENIS . — HORAT . VOLUME THE FIRST . LONDON : PRINTED BY HENRY BALDWIN , FOR CHARLES DILLY , IN THE POULTRY . M DCC XCIII . ! 1 RECOLLECTED , AND RECEIVED AFTER THE SECOND EDITION.
... Votiva pateat veluti defcripta tabella VITA SENIS . — HORAT . VOLUME THE FIRST . LONDON : PRINTED BY HENRY BALDWIN , FOR CHARLES DILLY , IN THE POULTRY . M DCC XCIII . ! 1 RECOLLECTED , AND RECEIVED AFTER THE SECOND EDITION.
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... London without regret . But remember , Sir , you have seen and enjoyed a great deal - You have feen life in its highest decorations , and the world has nothing new to exhibit . - No man is fo well qualifyed to leave publick life as he ...
... London without regret . But remember , Sir , you have seen and enjoyed a great deal - You have feen life in its highest decorations , and the world has nothing new to exhibit . - No man is fo well qualifyed to leave publick life as he ...
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... London , and his Vanity of Human Wishes , imi- tated from Juvenal ; his Prologue on the opening of Drury - Lane Theatre by Mr. Garrick , and his Įrene , a Tragedy , they are very numerous , and in ge- meral short ; and I have promised a ...
... London , and his Vanity of Human Wishes , imi- tated from Juvenal ; his Prologue on the opening of Drury - Lane Theatre by Mr. Garrick , and his Įrene , a Tragedy , they are very numerous , and in ge- meral short ; and I have promised a ...
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... London Chronicle . acknowl . Review of Goldfmith's Traveller , a Poem , in the Critical Review . acknowl . 1765. The Plays of William Shakspeare , with Notes , acknowl . 1766. The Fountains , a Fairy Tale , in Mrs. Williams's ...
... London Chronicle . acknowl . Review of Goldfmith's Traveller , a Poem , in the Critical Review . acknowl . 1765. The Plays of William Shakspeare , with Notes , acknowl . 1766. The Fountains , a Fairy Tale , in Mrs. Williams's ...
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... London . Garrick , evidently meaning to embellish a little , faid one day in my hearing , we rode and tied . " And the Bishop of Killaloe informed me , that at another time , when Johnfon and Garrick were dining together in a pretty ...
... London . Garrick , evidently meaning to embellish a little , faid one day in my hearing , we rode and tied . " And the Bishop of Killaloe informed me , that at another time , when Johnfon and Garrick were dining together in a pretty ...
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