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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... subject of their difpute . JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , it was properly for botany that they went out I believe they thought only of culling of fimples . " I thanked him for fhowing civilities to Beattie , " Sir , ( faid he , ) I should ...
... subject of their difpute . JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , it was properly for botany that they went out I believe they thought only of culling of fimples . " I thanked him for fhowing civilities to Beattie , " Sir , ( faid he , ) I should ...
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... subject ? We know not what we fhall be . " JOHNSON . " Sir , there is no harm . What philofophy fuggefts to us on this topick is probable : what fcripture tells us is certain . Dr. Henry More has carried it as far as philofophy can ...
... subject ? We know not what we fhall be . " JOHNSON . " Sir , there is no harm . What philofophy fuggefts to us on this topick is probable : what fcripture tells us is certain . Dr. Henry More has carried it as far as philofophy can ...
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... subject , and treated it in a masterly manner ; and fo far as I have been able to recollect , his thoughts were these : " Sir , as men become in a high degree refined , various causes of offence arife ; which are confidered to be of ...
... subject , and treated it in a masterly manner ; and fo far as I have been able to recollect , his thoughts were these : " Sir , as men become in a high degree refined , various causes of offence arife ; which are confidered to be of ...
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... , to talk of that subject . " JOHNSON . ( with a loud voice . ) " Sir , I am not saying that you could live in friendship with a man from whom D 3 you 1772 . Ætat . 63 . 1772 . Etat . 63 . differ as to fome DR . JOHNSON . 37.
... , to talk of that subject . " JOHNSON . ( with a loud voice . ) " Sir , I am not saying that you could live in friendship with a man from whom D 3 you 1772 . Ætat . 63 . 1772 . Etat . 63 . differ as to fome DR . JOHNSON . 37.
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... subject . He faid , " There's no occafion for my writing . I'll talk to you . " He was , how- ever , at last prevailed on to dictate to me , while I wrote as follows : " The charge is , that he has used immoderate and cruel correction ...
... subject . He faid , " There's no occafion for my writing . I'll talk to you . " He was , how- ever , at last prevailed on to dictate to me , while I wrote as follows : " The charge is , that he has used immoderate and cruel correction ...
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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