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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... fuppofe he meant herefy or immorality . ) He was engaged to dine abroad , and asked me to return to him in the evening , at nine , which I accordingly did . We drank tea with Mrs. Williams , who told us a story of second fight , which ...
... fuppofe he meant herefy or immorality . ) He was engaged to dine abroad , and asked me to return to him in the evening , at nine , which I accordingly did . We drank tea with Mrs. Williams , who told us a story of second fight , which ...
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... fuppofe . that they should only fubfcribe their adherence to the Church of England , there would be still the fame dif- ficulty ; for ftill the young men would be fubfcribing to what they do not understand . For if you fhould afk them ...
... fuppofe . that they should only fubfcribe their adherence to the Church of England , there would be still the fame dif- ficulty ; for ftill the young men would be fubfcribing to what they do not understand . For if you fhould afk them ...
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... to be a Devonshire man . So moft Scotchmen may be found out . But , Sir , little aberrations are of no difadvantage . I never catched Mallet in a Scotch accent ; and yet Mallet , I fuppofe , was paft five - and i4 THE LIFE OF.
... to be a Devonshire man . So moft Scotchmen may be found out . But , Sir , little aberrations are of no difadvantage . I never catched Mallet in a Scotch accent ; and yet Mallet , I fuppofe , was paft five - and i4 THE LIFE OF.
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... fuppofe , was paft five - and - twenty before he came to London . " Upon another occafion I talked to him on this fubject , having myself taken fome pains to improve my pronunciation , by the aid of the late Mr. Love , of Drury - lane ...
... fuppofe , was paft five - and - twenty before he came to London . " Upon another occafion I talked to him on this fubject , having myself taken fome pains to improve my pronunciation , by the aid of the late Mr. Love , of Drury - lane ...
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... fuppofe that paffage to be metaphorical , or hold with many divines , and all the Purgatorians , that departed fouls do not all at once arrive at the utmost perfection of which they are capable . " BOSWELL . " I think , Sir , that is a ...
... fuppofe that paffage to be metaphorical , or hold with many divines , and all the Purgatorians , that departed fouls do not all at once arrive at the utmost perfection of which they are capable . " BOSWELL . " I think , Sir , that is a ...
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