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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... occasions a great friend to the conftitution both in church and ftate , has never written exprefsly in fupport of either . There is really a claim upon him for both , I am fure he could give a volume of no great bulk upon each , which ...
... occasions a great friend to the conftitution both in church and ftate , has never written exprefsly in fupport of either . There is really a claim upon him for both , I am fure he could give a volume of no great bulk upon each , which ...
Page 396
... occasions death by attrition ; and that , therefore , the way to preferve life is to retard pul- fation . But we know that pulfation is strongest in infants , and that we increase in growth while it operates in its regular course ; fo ...
... occasions death by attrition ; and that , therefore , the way to preferve life is to retard pul- fation . But we know that pulfation is strongest in infants , and that we increase in growth while it operates in its regular course ; fo ...
Page 425
... occasion of a pub- lick election , warned his people , according to his duty , against the crimes which publick elections frequently produce . His warning was felt by one of his parishioners , as pointed particularly at him- felf . But ...
... occasion of a pub- lick election , warned his people , according to his duty , against the crimes which publick elections frequently produce . His warning was felt by one of his parishioners , as pointed particularly at him- felf . But ...
Page 501
... occasions , though his hand is not fteady enough for his art . " My request is , that you will try to obtain a promise of the next vacancy , from the Bishop of Chefter . It is not a great thing to afk , and I hope we fhall obtain it ...
... occasions , though his hand is not fteady enough for his art . " My request is , that you will try to obtain a promise of the next vacancy , from the Bishop of Chefter . It is not a great thing to afk , and I hope we fhall obtain it ...
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