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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... dined in the room where he and I first fupped together . He gave me great hopes of my cause . " Sir , ( faid he , ) the government of a fchoolmafter is fomewhat of the nature of military government ; that is to fay , it must be ...
... dined in the room where he and I first fupped together . He gave me great hopes of my cause . " Sir , ( faid he , ) the government of a fchoolmafter is fomewhat of the nature of military government ; that is to fay , it must be ...
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... dined at Ge- neral Paoli's . A queftion was ftarted , whether the state of marriage was natural to man . JOHNSON . " Sir , it is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage , that we find all the motives ...
... dined at Ge- neral Paoli's . A queftion was ftarted , whether the state of marriage was natural to man . JOHNSON . " Sir , it is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage , that we find all the motives ...
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... dined with him at Sir Alexander Macdonald's , where was a young officer * It must not be prefumed that Dr. Johnson meant to give any countenance to licentioufnefs , though in the character of an Ad- vocate he made a juft and subtle ...
... dined with him at Sir Alexander Macdonald's , where was a young officer * It must not be prefumed that Dr. Johnson meant to give any countenance to licentioufnefs , though in the character of an Ad- vocate he made a juft and subtle ...
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... dined with with him at General Oglethorpe's , where we found Dr. Gold- fmith . Armorial bearings having been mentioned , Johnson faid , they were as ancient as the fiege of Thebes , which he proved by a paffage in one of the tragedies ...
... dined with with him at General Oglethorpe's , where we found Dr. Gold- fmith . Armorial bearings having been mentioned , Johnson faid , they were as ancient as the fiege of Thebes , which he proved by a paffage in one of the tragedies ...
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... dined with him one day at the Crown and Anchor tavern , in the Strand , with Lord Elibank , Mr. Langton , and Dr. Vanfittart of Oxford . Without fpecifying each particular day , I have preserved the following memorable things . I ...
... dined with him one day at the Crown and Anchor tavern , in the Strand , with Lord Elibank , Mr. Langton , and Dr. Vanfittart of Oxford . Without fpecifying each particular day , I have preserved the following memorable things . I ...
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