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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... 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 . - Berkeley was a pro- found fcholar , as well as a man of fine imagination ; but Ufher , he said ...
... 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 . - Berkeley was a pro- found fcholar , as well as a man of fine imagination ; but Ufher , he said ...
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... fome time been persisted in to obtain an act of our Legislature , to abolish fo very important and neceffary a branch of commercial intereft , must have been crushed at once , had not the infignificance of the zealots who vainly took ...
... fome time been persisted in to obtain an act of our Legislature , to abolish fo very important and neceffary a branch of commercial intereft , must have been crushed at once , had not the infignificance of the zealots who vainly took ...
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... fome natural reasons why these narratives are often written by fuch as were not likely to give much inftruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and ...
... fome natural reasons why these narratives are often written by fuch as were not likely to give much inftruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and ...
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... fome value . And other ancient authours have the fame phrase , nearly in the fame fenfe . ” Of one thing I am certain , that confidering how highly the small portion which we have of the table - talk and other anecdotes of our cele ...
... fome value . And other ancient authours have the fame phrase , nearly in the fame fenfe . ” Of one thing I am certain , that confidering how highly the small portion which we have of the table - talk and other anecdotes of our cele ...
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... fome other qualities , " a vile melancholy , " which in his too ftrong expreffion of any disturbance of the mind , " made him mad all his life , at least not fober . " Michael was , however , forced by the narrowness of his ...
... fome other qualities , " a vile melancholy , " which in his too ftrong expreffion of any disturbance of the mind , " made him mad all his life , at least not fober . " Michael was , however , forced by the narrowness of his ...
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