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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... Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exh James Boswell. John Sowe Shapley Hall No 204 GN MO TIRUMAR ¥ 1.
... Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exh James Boswell. John Sowe Shapley Hall No 204 GN MO TIRUMAR ¥ 1.
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... JOHN- SON . " Why , Sir , you are to confider that the manner and fome particular phrases of a perfon do much to imprefs you with an idea of him , and you are not fure that he would fay what the mimick fays in his character . " BOSWELL ...
... JOHN- SON . " Why , Sir , you are to confider that the manner and fome particular phrases of a perfon do much to imprefs you with an idea of him , and you are not fure that he would fay what the mimick fays in his character . " BOSWELL ...
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... JOHN- SON . " Why , Sir , my Dictionary fhows you the accents of words , if you can but remember them . " BOSWELL . " But , Sir , we want marks to ascertain the pronunciation of the vowels . Sheridan , I be- lieve , has finished fuch a ...
... JOHN- SON . " Why , Sir , my Dictionary fhows you the accents of words , if you can but remember them . " BOSWELL . " But , Sir , we want marks to ascertain the pronunciation of the vowels . Sheridan , I be- lieve , has finished fuch a ...
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... John gives us many ideas , and particularly mentions mufick . " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , ideas must be given you by means of fomething which you know : and as to musick , there are some philofophers and divines who have maintained that ...
... John gives us many ideas , and particularly mentions mufick . " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , ideas must be given you by means of fomething which you know : and as to musick , there are some philofophers and divines who have maintained that ...
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... John Pringle had given me to read . JOHNSON . " Sir , Mr. Elwal was , I think , an ironmonger at Wolverhampton : and he had a mind to make him- felf famous , by being the founder of a new sect , which he wished much fhould be called ...
... John Pringle had given me to read . JOHNSON . " Sir , Mr. Elwal was , I think , an ironmonger at Wolverhampton : and he had a mind to make him- felf famous , by being the founder of a new sect , which he wished much fhould be called ...
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