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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... asked his opinion of th's Effay , answered , Why , Sir , we shall have the man come forth again ; and as he has proved Falstaff to be no coward , he may prove Lago to be a very good character . " late late at night , in which Johnson ...
... asked his opinion of th's Effay , answered , Why , Sir , we shall have the man come forth again ; and as he has proved Falstaff to be no coward , he may prove Lago to be a very good character . " late late at night , in which Johnson ...
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... asked me what the contents were ; as I thought being particular upon it might fatigue him , it being of great length , I only told him in general that it was highly in his praise ; and then he ex- preffed himself as above . " He ...
... asked me what the contents were ; as I thought being particular upon it might fatigue him , it being of great length , I only told him in general that it was highly in his praise ; and then he ex- preffed himself as above . " He ...
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... Syrian perfume . 8 " My whole is a man in whose converse is shar'd , " The strength of a Bar , and the sweetness of Nard . " • Bar . 7 Nard . -8 Barnard . Johnfon Johnson asked Richard Owen Cambridge , Efq . if he * xviii THE LIFE OF.
... Syrian perfume . 8 " My whole is a man in whose converse is shar'd , " The strength of a Bar , and the sweetness of Nard . " • Bar . 7 Nard . -8 Barnard . Johnfon Johnson asked Richard Owen Cambridge , Efq . if he * xviii THE LIFE OF.
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... asked Richard Owen Cambridge , Efq . if he had read the Spanish tranflation of Salluft , faid to be written by a Prince of Spain , with the affiftance of his tutor , who is profeffedly the authour of a treatise , annexed on the ...
... asked Richard Owen Cambridge , Efq . if he had read the Spanish tranflation of Salluft , faid to be written by a Prince of Spain , with the affiftance of his tutor , who is profeffedly the authour of a treatise , annexed on the ...
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... asked his old school - fellow , Mr. Hector , furgeon , of Birmingham , if she was not vain of her fon . He faid , " fhe had too much good sense to be vain , but she knew her fon's va- lue . " Her piety was not inferiour to her under ...
... asked his old school - fellow , Mr. Hector , furgeon , of Birmingham , if she was not vain of her fon . He faid , " fhe had too much good sense to be vain , but she knew her fon's va- lue . " Her piety was not inferiour to her under ...
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