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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... most remote of the Hebrides . I told him , I thought of buying it . JOHNSON . " Pray do , Sir . We fhall go and pass a winter amid the blafts there . We fhall have fine fish , and we shall take fome dried tongues with us , and fome ...
... most remote of the Hebrides . I told him , I thought of buying it . JOHNSON . " Pray do , Sir . We fhall go and pass a winter amid the blafts there . We fhall have fine fish , and we shall take fome dried tongues with us , and fome ...
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... most respect . " JOHNSON . " No , Sir , riches do not gain hearty refpect ; they only pro- cure external attention . A very rich man , from low beginnings , may buy his election in a borough ; but , cæteris paribus , a man of family ...
... most respect . " JOHNSON . " No , Sir , riches do not gain hearty refpect ; they only pro- cure external attention . A very rich man , from low beginnings , may buy his election in a borough ; but , cæteris paribus , a man of family ...
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... most pleafing thoughts is , that we fhall fee our friends again . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ; but you must confider , that when we are become purely rational , many of our friendships will be cut off . Many VOL . II . friendships C 1772 ...
... most pleafing thoughts is , that we fhall fee our friends again . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ; but you must confider , that when we are become purely rational , many of our friendships will be cut off . Many VOL . II . friendships C 1772 ...
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... most trifling moveable abstracted malâ fide , fubjected the intermeddler to the foregoing con- fequences , which proved in many instances a most * Lord Kames , in his " Historical Law Tracts , " rigorous Etat . 63 . rigorous punishment ...
... most trifling moveable abstracted malâ fide , fubjected the intermeddler to the foregoing con- fequences , which proved in many instances a most * Lord Kames , in his " Historical Law Tracts , " rigorous Etat . 63 . rigorous punishment ...
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... most humble fervant , dear Sir , " London , Feb. 24 , 1773 . " SAM . JOHNSON . 1773 . Etat . 64 . " You continue to stand very high in the favour of Mrs. Thrale . " On Saturday , April 3 , the day after my arrival in London this year ...
... most humble fervant , dear Sir , " London , Feb. 24 , 1773 . " SAM . JOHNSON . 1773 . Etat . 64 . " You continue to stand very high in the favour of Mrs. Thrale . " On Saturday , April 3 , the day after my arrival in London this year ...
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