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 VolumesHenry Baldwin, 1793 |
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Page 33
... seeing all men free and independent . JOHNSON . I agree with Mr. Bofwell that there must be a high fatisfaction in being a feudal Lord ; but we are to confider , that we ought not to wish to have a number of men unhappy for the ...
... seeing all men free and independent . JOHNSON . I agree with Mr. Bofwell that there must be a high fatisfaction in being a feudal Lord ; but we are to confider , that we ought not to wish to have a number of men unhappy for the ...
Page 35
... See this curious question treated by him with most acute ability , " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " 3d edit . p . 33 . D 2 fore 1772 . Etat . 63 . Etat . 63 . 1772. fore men arrive at this DR . JOHNSON . 35 ; ...
... See this curious question treated by him with most acute ability , " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " 3d edit . p . 33 . D 2 fore 1772 . Etat . 63 . Etat . 63 . 1772. fore men arrive at this DR . JOHNSON . 35 ; ...
Page 74
... See an account of this learned and respectable gentleman , and of his curious work on the Middle State , " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " 3d edit , p . 371 . He He told me that he had twelve or fourteen times 74 THE LIFE OF.
... See an account of this learned and respectable gentleman , and of his curious work on the Middle State , " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " 3d edit , p . 371 . He He told me that he had twelve or fourteen times 74 THE LIFE OF.
Page 100
... see it mentioned in one of his letters to Mr. Cave , which has been inserted in this work . 2 Probably I have mistaken the word , and imagined it to be Corps , from its fimilarity of found to the real one . For an ac- curate and fhrewd ...
... see it mentioned in one of his letters to Mr. Cave , which has been inserted in this work . 2 Probably I have mistaken the word , and imagined it to be Corps , from its fimilarity of found to the real one . For an ac- curate and fhrewd ...
Page 107
... see him but with pain , he will never see him but with hatred . Of a minister prefented by the patron , the parish has feldom any thing worse to say than that they do not know him . Of a mi- nister chosen by a popular contest , all ...
... see him but with pain , he will never see him but with hatred . Of a minister prefented by the patron , the parish has feldom any thing worse to say than that they do not know him . Of a mi- nister chosen by a popular contest , all ...
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Ætat againſt anſwer aſked Atat authour becauſe BENNET LANGTON beſt cafe cauſe confequence confider confiderable converfation DEAR SIR defire dined Engliſh eſtabliſhed Etat expreffed faid fame feemed feen fend fent fhall fhewed fhould firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftate ftill fubject fuch fuppofe fure Garrick gentleman GOLDSMITH happineſs Hebrides himſelf hiſtory honour houfe houſe humble fervant inftance JAMES BOSWELL JOHNSON juſt lady laft Langton laſt leaſt lefs letter Lichfield London Lord Hailes Lord Monboddo mentioned mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion paffage paffed perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure prefent preferved publick publiſhed puniſhment queſtion reaſon refpect ſaid SAMUEL JOHNSON ſay Scotland ſee ſeems ſeen ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſmall ſome ſpeak ſtate talked tell themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought Thrale tion told univerfally uſed vifit whofe wiſh write yourſelf