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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... hands . We must give them a clergyman , and he shall be one of Beattie's choofing . He fhall be educated at Marifchal College . I'll be your Lord Chancellor , or what you please . " BOSWELL . " Are you ferious , Sir , in advifing me to ...
... hands . We must give them a clergyman , and he shall be one of Beattie's choofing . He fhall be educated at Marifchal College . I'll be your Lord Chancellor , or what you please . " BOSWELL . " Are you ferious , Sir , in advifing me to ...
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... of utility . The General maintained there was not . Dr. Johnson maintained that there was ; and he inftanced a coffee - cup which he held in his hand , the painting of which C 3 was 1772 . Etat . 63 . was of no real DR . JOHNSON . 21 .
... of utility . The General maintained there was not . Dr. Johnson maintained that there was ; and he inftanced a coffee - cup which he held in his hand , the painting of which C 3 was 1772 . Etat . 63 . was of no real DR . JOHNSON . 21 .
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... hands fo cautious they were proper . - It has been objected , that the refpondent admits the charge of cruelty , by pro- ducing no evidence to confute it . Let it be con- fidered , that his fcholars are either dispersed at large in the ...
... hands fo cautious they were proper . - It has been objected , that the refpondent admits the charge of cruelty , by pro- ducing no evidence to confute it . Let it be con- fidered , that his fcholars are either dispersed at large in the ...
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... hand . ' " I find myself under a neceffity of obferving , that this learned , and judicious writer has not ac- curately diftinguished the deficiencies and demands of the different conditions of human life , which , from a degree of ...
... hand . ' " I find myself under a neceffity of obferving , that this learned , and judicious writer has not ac- curately diftinguished the deficiencies and demands of the different conditions of human life , which , from a degree of ...
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... hand in the Petition . I told him Dr. Johnson had favoured me with his pen . His Lordship , with wonderful acumen , pointed out exactly where his compofition began , and where it ended . But that I may do impartial justice , and conform ...
... hand in the Petition . I told him Dr. Johnson had favoured me with his pen . His Lordship , with wonderful acumen , pointed out exactly where his compofition began , and where it ended . But that I may do impartial justice , and conform ...
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