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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... nous writings , not half a dozen of them will be found . He never used the phrafes the former and the latter , having obferved that they often occa- fioned obfcurity , he therefore contrived to con- ftruct his fioned #ii THE LIFE OF.
... nous writings , not half a dozen of them will be found . He never used the phrafes the former and the latter , having obferved that they often occa- fioned obfcurity , he therefore contrived to con- ftruct his fioned #ii THE LIFE OF.
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... used to talk pleasantly of this their first journey to London . Garrick , evidently meaning to embellish a little , faid one day in my hearing , we rode and tied . " And the Bishop of Killaloe informed me , that at another time , when ...
... used to talk pleasantly of this their first journey to London . Garrick , evidently meaning to embellish a little , faid one day in my hearing , we rode and tied . " And the Bishop of Killaloe informed me , that at another time , when ...
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... used to blow out his breath like a Whale . This I fuppofe was a relief to his lungs ; and feemed in him to be a contemptuous mode of expreffion , as if he had made the arguments of his opponent fly like chaff before the wind . P. 489. 1 ...
... used to blow out his breath like a Whale . This I fuppofe was a relief to his lungs ; and feemed in him to be a contemptuous mode of expreffion , as if he had made the arguments of his opponent fly like chaff before the wind . P. 489. 1 ...
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... used to open a shop every market - day . He was a pretty good Latin scholar , and a citizen fo creditable as to be made one of the magiftrates of Lichfield ; and , being a man of good fenfe , and skill in his trade , he acquired a ...
... used to open a shop every market - day . He was a pretty good Latin scholar , and a citizen fo creditable as to be made one of the magiftrates of Lichfield ; and , being a man of good fenfe , and skill in his trade , he acquired a ...
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... 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 obliged to stoop down on his hands and knees to take a view of the kennel ...
... 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 obliged to stoop down on his hands and knees to take a view of the kennel ...
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