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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... known publifhed at one period of his life " Moral and Political Dialogues , " with a woefully whiggifh caft . Afterwards , his Lordfhip hav- ing thought better , came to fee his errour , and republished the work with a more conftitu ...
... known publifhed at one period of his life " Moral and Political Dialogues , " with a woefully whiggifh caft . Afterwards , his Lordfhip hav- ing thought better , came to fee his errour , and republished the work with a more conftitu ...
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... known feveral good scholars among the Irish gentlemen ; but scarcely any of them correct in quantity . He extended the fame obfervation to Scotland .: " " Speaking of a certain Prelate , who exerted himself very laudably in building ...
... known feveral good scholars among the Irish gentlemen ; but scarcely any of them correct in quantity . He extended the fame obfervation to Scotland .: " " Speaking of a certain Prelate , who exerted himself very laudably in building ...
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... known it well . We are always hank- ering after untryed fituations , and imagining greater felicity from them than they can afford . " No Sir , knowledge and virtue may be acquired in all countries , and your local confequence will make ...
... known it well . We are always hank- ering after untryed fituations , and imagining greater felicity from them than they can afford . " No Sir , knowledge and virtue may be acquired in all countries , and your local confequence will make ...
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... known the pomps of state , < c ( For things unknown , ' tis ignorance to contemn ; ) " And after having viewed the gaudy bait , " Can boldly fay , the trifle I contemn ; " With fuch a one contented could I live , " Contented could I die ...
... known the pomps of state , < c ( For things unknown , ' tis ignorance to contemn ; ) " And after having viewed the gaudy bait , " Can boldly fay , the trifle I contemn ; " With fuch a one contented could I live , " Contented could I die ...
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... known . " Suppofing ( faid he ) a wife to be of a studious . or argumentative turn , it would be very trouble- fome : for inftance - if a woman fhould continually dwell upon the subject of the Arian heresy . " No man speaks concerning ...
... known . " Suppofing ( faid he ) a wife to be of a studious . or argumentative turn , it would be very trouble- fome : for inftance - if a woman fhould continually dwell upon the subject of the Arian heresy . " No man speaks concerning ...
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