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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... effect , as the notes of different birds concur in the harmony of the grove , and please more than if they were all exactly alike . I could name fome gentlemen of Ireland , to whom a flight proportion of the accent and recitative of ...
... effect , as the notes of different birds concur in the harmony of the grove , and please more than if they were all exactly alike . I could name fome gentlemen of Ireland , to whom a flight proportion of the accent and recitative of ...
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... effect which Demof- thenes's orations had upon them , fhews that they were barbarians . " Sir Adam was unlucky in his topicks ; for he fuggefted a doubt of the propriety of Bishops hav- ing feats in the House of Lords . JOHNSON . " How ...
... effect which Demof- thenes's orations had upon them , fhews that they were barbarians . " Sir Adam was unlucky in his topicks ; for he fuggefted a doubt of the propriety of Bishops hav- ing feats in the House of Lords . JOHNSON . " How ...
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... effect to fet him above fuch tranfgreffions , as men less exalted by fpiritual habits , and yct upon the whole not to be excluded from heaven , have been betrayed into by the predominance of paffion . That clergymen may be confidered as ...
... effect to fet him above fuch tranfgreffions , as men less exalted by fpiritual habits , and yct upon the whole not to be excluded from heaven , have been betrayed into by the predominance of paffion . That clergymen may be confidered as ...
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... effects , found in his pocket - book the following folemn entry : [ Here the date . ] " Dreamt - or John Friend meets me : " ( here the very day on which he was killed was mentioned . ) Pendergrast had been connected with Sir John ...
... effects , found in his pocket - book the following folemn entry : [ Here the date . ] " Dreamt - or John Friend meets me : " ( here the very day on which he was killed was mentioned . ) Pendergrast had been connected with Sir John ...
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... effects of a perfon deceased , without the interpofition of legal authority to guard againft embezzlement , fhould be fubjected to pay all the debts of the deceased , as having been guilty of what was technically called vicious ...
... effects of a perfon deceased , without the interpofition of legal authority to guard againft embezzlement , fhould be fubjected to pay all the debts of the deceased , as having been guilty of what was technically called vicious ...
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