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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... desire , there will be added to the Mafque a dramatick fatire , called Lethe , in which Mr. Garrick will perform , " A In 1751 we are to confider him as carrying on both his Dictionary and Rambler . But he alfo wrote " The Life of ...
... desire , there will be added to the Mafque a dramatick fatire , called Lethe , in which Mr. Garrick will perform , " A In 1751 we are to confider him as carrying on both his Dictionary and Rambler . But he alfo wrote " The Life of ...
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... desire of novelty . When I was a boy , I used always to choose the wrong fide of a debate , because most ingenious things , that is to fay , moft new things , could be faid upon it . Sir , there is nothing for which you may not mufter ...
... desire of novelty . When I was a boy , I used always to choose the wrong fide of a debate , because most ingenious things , that is to fay , moft new things , could be faid upon it . Sir , there is nothing for which you may not mufter ...
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