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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... house ready made , and re- quiring nothing but to be put up . Confider , Sir , by buying St. Kilda , you may keep the people from falling into worse hands . We must give them a clergyman , and he shall be one of Beattie's choofing . He ...
... house ready made , and re- quiring nothing but to be put up . Confider , Sir , by buying St. Kilda , you may keep the people from falling into worse hands . We must give them a clergyman , and he shall be one of Beattie's choofing . He ...
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... obferved , that it has been of no fmall ufe to him ; as it rouses the attention of the House by 1772 Etat . 63 . 1772 . Etat . 63 . its uncommonnefs ; and its DR . JOHNSON . 15 Mallet, I fuppofe, was paft five-and...
... obferved , that it has been of no fmall ufe to him ; as it rouses the attention of the House by 1772 Etat . 63 . 1772 . Etat . 63 . its uncommonnefs ; and its DR . JOHNSON . 15 Mallet, I fuppofe, was paft five-and...
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... House of Lords , the other , the beft fpeaker in the Houfe of Commons , differing entirely . " I again visited him at night . Finding him in a very good humour , I ventured to lead him to the fubject of our situation in a future state ...
... House of Lords , the other , the beft fpeaker in the Houfe of Commons , differing entirely . " I again visited him at night . Finding him in a very good humour , I ventured to lead him to the fubject of our situation in a future state ...
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... house is childifh . I would introduce foreign animals into the country ; for instance , the rein- deer " . " 1 < The converfation now turned on critical sub- jects . JOHNSON . Bayes , in The Rehearsal , ' is a mighty filly character ...
... house is childifh . I would introduce foreign animals into the country ; for instance , the rein- deer " . " 1 < The converfation now turned on critical sub- jects . JOHNSON . Bayes , in The Rehearsal , ' is a mighty filly character ...
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... House of Lords . JOHNSON . " How fo , Sir ? Who is more proper for having the dig- nity of a peer , than a bishop , provided a Bishop , be what he ought to be ; and if improper Bishops be made , that is not the fault of the Bishops ...
... House of Lords . JOHNSON . " How fo , Sir ? Who is more proper for having the dig- nity of a peer , than a bishop , provided a Bishop , be what he ought to be ; and if improper Bishops be made , that is not the fault of the Bishops ...
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