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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... dear Friend . I therefore with peculiar pleasure give to the world a just and elegant compliment thus paid to his Lordship by Johnson . CHARA D E. " My first fhuts out thieves from your house or your room , " My Second expreffes a ...
... dear Friend . I therefore with peculiar pleasure give to the world a just and elegant compliment thus paid to his Lordship by Johnson . CHARA D E. " My first fhuts out thieves from your house or your room , " My Second expreffes a ...
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... Dear , 66 Depends poor Polly's life . " P. 378. 1. 23. for who , read - whom . P. 414. 1. 2. for Sevigé , read - Sevigné . VOLUME III . P. 9. laft line for zewza , read - zenza ; and for -vergogna . vergogra , read P. 10. 1. 6. from the ...
... Dear , 66 Depends poor Polly's life . " P. 378. 1. 23. for who , read - whom . P. 414. 1. 2. for Sevigé , read - Sevigné . VOLUME III . P. 9. laft line for zewza , read - zenza ; and for -vergogna . vergogra , read P. 10. 1. 6. from the ...
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... dear Mund , and I'll fetch them thee- So ftepped afide for five minutes , and wrote the nonsense you now keep fuch a ftir about . " Anecdotes , p . 34 . 1734 . Atat . 25 . In my first edition I was induced to doubt the authenticity of ...
... dear Mund , and I'll fetch them thee- So ftepped afide for five minutes , and wrote the nonsense you now keep fuch a ftir about . " Anecdotes , p . 34 . 1734 . Atat . 25 . In my first edition I was induced to doubt the authenticity of ...
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... Mr. CoLSON . " DEAR SIR , Lichfield , March 2 , 1737 . " I had the favour of yours , and am ex- tremely obliged to you ; but I cannot fay I had a greater 1737 . greater affection for you upon it than I DR . JOHNSON . 77.
... Mr. CoLSON . " DEAR SIR , Lichfield , March 2 , 1737 . " I had the favour of yours , and am ex- tremely obliged to you ; but I cannot fay I had a greater 1737 . greater affection for you upon it than I DR . JOHNSON . 77.
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... dear old friend , " I muft , however , his defign commend " Of fixing in the country . It is plain he was not going to leave his friend ; his friend was going to leave him . A young lady at once corrected this with good critical ...
... dear old friend , " I muft , however , his defign commend " Of fixing in the country . It is plain he was not going to leave his friend ; his friend was going to leave him . A young lady at once corrected this with good critical ...
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