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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... himself as above . " He mentioned with an air of fatisfaction what Baretti had told him ; that , meeting , in the course of his ftudying English , with an excellent paper in the Spectator , one of four that were written by the ...
... himself as above . " He mentioned with an air of fatisfaction what Baretti had told him ; that , meeting , in the course of his ftudying English , with an excellent paper in the Spectator , one of four that were written by the ...
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... himself thus : " that was the year when I came to London with twopence half - penny in my pocket . " Garrick overhearing him , exclaimed , “ eh ? what do you say ? with twopence halfpenny in your pocket ? " - JOHNSON , " Why yes ; when ...
... himself thus : " that was the year when I came to London with twopence half - penny in my pocket . " Garrick overhearing him , exclaimed , “ eh ? what do you say ? with twopence halfpenny in your pocket ? " - JOHNSON , " Why yes ; when ...
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... himself recommended , both by his precept and his example . " If the biographer writes from perfonal know- ledge , and makes hafte to gratify the publick curiofity , there is danger left his interest , his fear , his gratitude , or his ...
... himself recommended , both by his precept and his example . " If the biographer writes from perfonal know- ledge , and makes hafte to gratify the publick curiofity , there is danger left his interest , his fear , his gratitude , or his ...
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... himself , thus : That even the idle talk , fo he ex- preffes it , of a good man ought to be regarded ; the | most superfluous things he faith are always of fome value . And other ancient authours have the fame phrase , nearly in the ...
... himself , thus : That even the idle talk , fo he ex- preffes it , of a good man ought to be regarded ; the | most superfluous things he faith are always of fome value . And other ancient authours have the fame phrase , nearly in the ...
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... himself , upon the authority of his mother . One day , when the fervant who used to be Etat . 3 . fent to school to conduct him home , had not come in time , he fet out by himfelf , though he was then fo near - fighted , that he was ...
... himself , upon the authority of his mother . One day , when the fervant who used to be Etat . 3 . fent to school to conduct him home , had not come in time , he fet out by himfelf , though he was then fo near - fighted , that he was ...
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