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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... called the Drake and the Raleigh , but now they were to be called the Refolution and the Adventure . JOHNSON . " Much better ; for had the Raleigh returned without going round the world , it would have been ridiculous . To give them the ...
... called the Drake and the Raleigh , but now they were to be called the Refolution and the Adventure . JOHNSON . " Much better ; for had the Raleigh returned without going round the world , it would have been ridiculous . To give them the ...
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... called Elwallians . He held , that every thing in the Old Teftament that was not typical , was to be of perpetual obfer- vance ; and fo he wore a ribband in the plaits of his coat , and he also wore a beard . I remember I had the honour ...
... called Elwallians . He held , that every thing in the Old Teftament that was not typical , was to be of perpetual obfer- vance ; and fo he wore a ribband in the plaits of his coat , and he also wore a beard . I remember I had the honour ...
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... called , ) was opposed in his application to be inducted , be- , cause it was alledged that he had been guilty of for- nication five years before . JOHNSON . " Why , * 1772 . Sir , if he has repented , it Sir , DR . JOHNSON . 27 Greece ...
... called , ) was opposed in his application to be inducted , be- , cause it was alledged that he had been guilty of for- nication five years before . JOHNSON . " Why , * 1772 . Sir , if he has repented , it Sir , DR . JOHNSON . 27 Greece ...
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... called , is not profecuted for five years , it cannot afterwards be proceeded upon , " unless it be of a heinous nature , or again become flagrant ; " and that hence a quef- tion arose , whether fornication was a fin of a heinous nature ...
... called , is not profecuted for five years , it cannot afterwards be proceeded upon , " unless it be of a heinous nature , or again become flagrant ; " and that hence a quef- tion arose , whether fornication was a fin of a heinous nature ...
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... called on him to beg he would go and dine with me at the Mitre tavern . He had refolved not to dine at all this day , I know not for what reafon ; and I was fo unwilling to be deprived of his company , that I was content to fubmit to ...
... called on him to beg he would go and dine with me at the Mitre tavern . He had refolved not to dine at all this day , I know not for what reafon ; and I was fo unwilling to be deprived of his company , that I was content to fubmit to ...
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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