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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... respect to the Slave Trade . For I will refolutely fay that his unfavourable notion of it was owing to prejudice , and imperfect , or falfe information . The wild and dangerous dangerous attempt which has for fome time been persisted in ...
... respect to the Slave Trade . For I will refolutely fay that his unfavourable notion of it was owing to prejudice , and imperfect , or falfe information . The wild and dangerous dangerous attempt which has for fome time been persisted in ...
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... respects , contains a collection of curious anecdotes and obfervations , which few men but its authour could have brought together , of which a confiderable portion is not devoid of entertainment B 2 of DR . JOHNSON . 3.
... respects , contains a collection of curious anecdotes and obfervations , which few men but its authour could have brought together , of which a confiderable portion is not devoid of entertainment B 2 of DR . JOHNSON . 3.
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... respect to be paid to knowledge , to virtue , and to truth + . ' " " What I confider as the peculiar value of the following work , is , the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversation ; which is universally aç- knowledged to have ...
... respect to be paid to knowledge , to virtue , and to truth + . ' " " What I confider as the peculiar value of the following work , is , the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversation ; which is universally aç- knowledged to have ...
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... respect for Jorden , not for his literature , but for his worth . ( said he ) a young man becomes Jorden's pupil , he becomes his fon . "匪 Having given fuch a fpecimen of his poetical powers , he was afked by Mr. Jorden , to tranflate ...
... respect for Jorden , not for his literature , but for his worth . ( said he ) a young man becomes Jorden's pupil , he becomes his fon . "匪 Having given fuch a fpecimen of his poetical powers , he was afked by Mr. Jorden , to tranflate ...
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... respect for it , than Johnfon . His apart- ment in Pembroke College was that upon the fe- cond floor , over the gateway . The enthusiasts of learning will ever contemplate it with veneration . One day , while he was fitting in it quite ...
... respect for it , than Johnfon . His apart- ment in Pembroke College was that upon the fe- cond floor , over the gateway . The enthusiasts of learning will ever contemplate it with veneration . One day , while he was fitting in it quite ...
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