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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... publick amusements ; for they keep people from vice . You now ( addressing himself to me , ) would have been with a wench , had you not been here , O ! I forgot you were married , " 1772 . Atat . 63 . 1772 . Sir Adam fuggested , that ...
... publick amusements ; for they keep people from vice . You now ( addressing himself to me , ) would have been with a wench , had you not been here , O ! I forgot you were married , " 1772 . Atat . 63 . 1772 . Sir Adam fuggested , that ...
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... . " Tom Jones " has stood the test of publick opi- nion with fuch fuccefs , as to have established its great merit , both for the story , the fentiments , and and the manners , and also the varieties of diction 30 THE LIFE OF.
... . " Tom Jones " has stood the test of publick opi- nion with fuch fuccefs , as to have established its great merit , both for the story , the fentiments , and and the manners , and also the varieties of diction 30 THE LIFE OF.
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... publick wisdom , by which the deficiencies of private understanding are to be fupplied . It is to fuffer the rafh and ignorant to act at difcretion , and then to depend for the legality of that action on the sentence of the Judge . He ...
... publick wisdom , by which the deficiencies of private understanding are to be fupplied . It is to fuffer the rafh and ignorant to act at difcretion , and then to depend for the legality of that action on the sentence of the Judge . He ...
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... publick violence , and un- disguised oppreffion . The ferocity of our ancestors , as of all other nations , produced not fraud but rapine . They had not yet learned to cheat , and attempted only to rob . As manners grow more polished ...
... publick violence , and un- disguised oppreffion . The ferocity of our ancestors , as of all other nations , produced not fraud but rapine . They had not yet learned to cheat , and attempted only to rob . As manners grow more polished ...
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... publick , and gone through feveral editions , was this year re - publifhed by George Steevens , Efq . a gentleman not only deeply skilled in ancient learning , and of very extenfive reading in English literature , especially the early ...
... publick , and gone through feveral editions , was this year re - publifhed by George Steevens , Efq . a gentleman not only deeply skilled in ancient learning , and of very extenfive reading in English literature , especially the early ...
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Ætat againſt anſwer aſked Atat authour becauſe BENNET LANGTON beſt cafe cauſe confequence confider confiderable converfation DEAR SIR defire dined Engliſh eſtabliſhed Etat expreffed faid fame feemed feen fend fent fhall fhewed fhould firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftate ftill fubject fuch fuppofe fure Garrick gentleman GOLDSMITH happineſs Hebrides himſelf hiſtory honour houfe houſe humble fervant inftance JAMES BOSWELL JOHNSON juſt lady laft Langton laſt leaſt lefs letter Lichfield London Lord Hailes Lord Monboddo mentioned mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion paffage paffed perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure prefent preferved publick publiſhed puniſhment queſtion reaſon refpect ſaid SAMUEL JOHNSON ſay Scotland ſee ſeems ſeen ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſmall ſome ſpeak ſtate talked tell themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought Thrale tion told univerfally uſed vifit whofe wiſh write yourſelf