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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... respect , than to refpect a man who we know was last year no better than ourselves , and will be no better next year . In republicks there is not a respect for authority , but a fear of power . ' BOSWELL . " At prefent , Sir , I think ...
... respect , than to refpect a man who we know was last year no better than ourselves , and will be no better next year . In republicks there is not a respect for authority , but a fear of power . ' BOSWELL . " At prefent , Sir , I think ...
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... respects . His inner part is good , but his outer part is mighty aukward . You in Scotland do not attain that nice critical skill in languages , which we get in our schools in England . I would not put a boy to him , whom I intended for ...
... respects . His inner part is good , but his outer part is mighty aukward . You in Scotland do not attain that nice critical skill in languages , which we get in our schools in England . I would not put a boy to him , whom I intended for ...
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... respect to the State ; but every member of that club must either conform to its rules , or be turned out of it . Old Baxter , I remember , maintains , that the magistrate should tolerate all things that are tolerable . ' This is no good ...
... respect to the State ; but every member of that club must either conform to its rules , or be turned out of it . Old Baxter , I remember , maintains , that the magistrate should tolerate all things that are tolerable . ' This is no good ...
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... respects , and to tranfmit to you fpecimens of Annals of Scotland , from the Ac- ceffion of Malcolm Kenmore to the Death of James V. ' in drawing up which , his Lordship has been engaged for fome time . His Lordship writes to me thus ...
... respects , and to tranfmit to you fpecimens of Annals of Scotland , from the Ac- ceffion of Malcolm Kenmore to the Death of James V. ' in drawing up which , his Lordship has been engaged for fome time . His Lordship writes to me thus ...
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... respecting both the country and the people . " The Doctor has every where delivered his fen- timents with freedom , and in many instances with a feeming regard for the benefit of the inhabitants , and the ornament of the country . His ...
... respecting both the country and the people . " The Doctor has every where delivered his fen- timents with freedom , and in many instances with a feeming regard for the benefit of the inhabitants , and the ornament of the country . His ...
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