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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... means , or fomething done which could not be done but by fupernatural power ; that Pharaoh in reason and justice required fuch evidence from Moses ; nay , that our Saviour faid , " If I had not done among them the works which none other ...
... means , or fomething done which could not be done but by fupernatural power ; that Pharaoh in reason and justice required fuch evidence from Moses ; nay , that our Saviour faid , " If I had not done among them the works which none other ...
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... mean thing . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , it is making a very mean use of a man's powers . But to be a good mimick ... means to affume . himself , without going into other people . He cannot take off any perfon unless he is ftrongly ...
... mean thing . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , it is making a very mean use of a man's powers . But to be a good mimick ... means to affume . himself , without going into other people . He cannot take off any perfon unless he is ftrongly ...
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... means good English , and makes " the fools who use it , " truly ridiculous . Good English is plain , eafy , and ... mean that we should speak as broad as a certain profperous member of Par- liament from that country ; though it has been ...
... means good English , and makes " the fools who use it , " truly ridiculous . Good English is plain , eafy , and ... mean that we should speak as broad as a certain profperous member of Par- liament from that country ; though it has been ...
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... mean to recommend to my countrymen , the pronunciation of the late Sir Gilbert Elliot ; and may I prefume to add that of the present Earl of Marchmont , who told me , with great good humour , that the master of a shop in London , where ...
... mean to recommend to my countrymen , the pronunciation of the late Sir Gilbert Elliot ; and may I prefume to add that of the present Earl of Marchmont , who told me , with great good humour , that the master of a shop in London , where ...
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... means of fomething which you know : and as to musick , there are some philofophers and divines who have maintained that we shall not be spiritual- ized to fuch a degree , but that fomething of matter , very much refined , will remain ...
... means of fomething which you know : and as to musick , there are some philofophers and divines who have maintained that we shall not be spiritual- ized to fuch a degree , but that fomething of matter , very much refined , will remain ...
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