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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... character of my illuftrious friend , which though some whofe bard minds I never fhall envy , may attack as fuperftitious , will I am fure endear him more to numbers of good men . I have an additional , and that a perfonal motive for ...
... character of my illuftrious friend , which though some whofe bard minds I never fhall envy , may attack as fuperftitious , will I am fure endear him more to numbers of good men . I have an additional , and that a perfonal motive for ...
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... character , which were widely different from his own . Maurice Morgan , Efq . authour of the very in- genious " Effay on the character of Falstaff , " being a particular friend of his Lordship , had once an opportunity of entertaining ...
... character , which were widely different from his own . Maurice Morgan , Efq . authour of the very in- genious " Effay on the character of Falstaff , " being a particular friend of his Lordship , had once an opportunity of entertaining ...
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... - fional learning , or a liberal patron of it ; -yet , it is well , where a man poffeffes any ftrong pofitive excellence . - Few have all kinds of merit belong- ing to their character . We must not examine matters ing * viii THE LIFE OF.
... - fional learning , or a liberal patron of it ; -yet , it is well , where a man poffeffes any ftrong pofitive excellence . - Few have all kinds of merit belong- ing to their character . We must not examine matters ing * viii THE LIFE OF.
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... character . We must not examine matters too deeply - No , Sir , a fallible being will fail fome - where . Talking of the Irish clergy , he said , Swift . was a man of great parts , and the inftrument of much good to his country ...
... character . We must not examine matters too deeply - No , Sir , a fallible being will fail fome - where . Talking of the Irish clergy , he said , Swift . was a man of great parts , and the inftrument of much good to his country ...
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... Character of Collins in the Poetical Calendar , published by Fawkes and Woty . acknowl . Dedication to the Earl of Shaftesbury of the Edition of Roger Afcham's English Works , published by the Reverend Mr. Bennet , acknowl . The Life of ...
... Character of Collins in the Poetical Calendar , published by Fawkes and Woty . acknowl . Dedication to the Earl of Shaftesbury of the Edition of Roger Afcham's English Works , published by the Reverend Mr. Bennet , acknowl . The Life of ...
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