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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... master ; who pretends no claim to his obedience , but that he bought him from a merchant of flaves , whofe right to fell him never was examined . It is faid that according to the conftitutions of Jamaica he was legally enflaved ; thefe ...
... master ; who pretends no claim to his obedience , but that he bought him from a merchant of flaves , whofe right to fell him never was examined . It is faid that according to the conftitutions of Jamaica he was legally enflaved ; thefe ...
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... Master steadily in view . Family hif tories , like the imagines majorum of the Ancients , excite to virtue ; and I wish that they who really have blood , would be more careful to trace and afcertain its courfe . Some have affected to ...
... Master steadily in view . Family hif tories , like the imagines majorum of the Ancients , excite to virtue ; and I wish that they who really have blood , would be more careful to trace and afcertain its courfe . Some have affected to ...
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... master of nature , has not for- · got in his account of Catiline to remark , that his walk was now quick , and again flow , as an indication of a mind revolving with violent com- motion . Thus the ftory of Melancthon affords a striking ...
... master of nature , has not for- · got in his account of Catiline to remark , that his walk was now quick , and again flow , as an indication of a mind revolving with violent com- motion . Thus the ftory of Melancthon affords a striking ...
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... master , whom , when he spoke of him to me , he familiarly called Tom Brown , who , faid he , " published a spelling- book , and dedicated it to the UNIVERSE ; but , I fear , no copy of it can now be had . ” He began to learn Latin with ...
... master , whom , when he spoke of him to me , he familiarly called Tom Brown , who , faid he , " published a spelling- book , and dedicated it to the UNIVERSE ; but , I fear , no copy of it can now be had . ” He began to learn Latin with ...
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... master to teach him . " It is , however , but juftice to the memory of Mr. Hunter to mention , that though he might err in being too fevere , the school of Lichfield was very refpectable in his time . The late Dr. Taylor , Prebendary of ...
... master to teach him . " It is , however , but juftice to the memory of Mr. Hunter to mention , that though he might err in being too fevere , the school of Lichfield was very refpectable in his time . The late Dr. Taylor , Prebendary of ...
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