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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... Boswell. A gentleman having come in who was to go as a Mate in the fhip along with Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander , Dr. Johnson afked what were the names of the fhips deftined for the expedition . The gentleman answered , they were once to ...
... Boswell. A gentleman having come in who was to go as a Mate in the fhip along with Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander , Dr. Johnson afked what were the names of the fhips deftined for the expedition . The gentleman answered , they were once to ...
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... Boswell. 1772 . Atat . 63 . that he was married ; elfe we fhould have fhown his lady more civilities . She is a very ... BOSWELL . " Are you ferious , Sir , in advifing me to buy St. Kilda ? for if you should advise me to go to Japan , I ...
... Boswell. 1772 . Atat . 63 . that he was married ; elfe we fhould have fhown his lady more civilities . She is a very ... BOSWELL . " Are you ferious , Sir , in advifing me to buy St. Kilda ? for if you should advise me to go to Japan , I ...
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... Boswell. felves . I remember an inftance : when I pub- lifhed the Plan for my Dictionary , Lord Chefter- field told me that the word great fhould be pro- nounced so as to rhyme to ftate ; and Sir William Yonge fent me word that it should ...
... Boswell. felves . I remember an inftance : when I pub- lifhed the Plan for my Dictionary , Lord Chefter- field told me that the word great fhould be pro- nounced so as to rhyme to ftate ; and Sir William Yonge fent me word that it should ...
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... Boswell. were not fo inflammable as the Common - Council of London ; fo Mr. Elwal failed in his fcheme of making himself a man of great confequence . ” 1772 . Etat . 63 . On Tuesday , March 31 , he and I dined at Ge- neral Paoli's . A ...
... Boswell. were not fo inflammable as the Common - Council of London ; fo Mr. Elwal failed in his fcheme of making himself a man of great confequence . ” 1772 . Etat . 63 . On Tuesday , March 31 , he and I dined at Ge- neral Paoli's . A ...
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... Boswell. 1772 . Sir , if he has repented , it is not a fufficient objec- Etat . 63. tion . A man who is good enough to go to heaven , is good enough to be a clergyman . " This was a humane and liberal fentiment . But the character of a ...
... Boswell. 1772 . Sir , if he has repented , it is not a fufficient objec- Etat . 63. tion . A man who is good enough to go to heaven , is good enough to be a clergyman . " This was a humane and liberal fentiment . But the character of a ...
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