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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... tell us of his lady till late . " He then fpoke of St. Kilda , the 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 ...
... tell us of his lady till late . " He then fpoke of St. Kilda , the 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 ...
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... all the inhabitants catch cold ; but that it had been fo well authenticated , he determined to retain it . JOHNSON . " Sir , to leave things out of a book , merely B 3 4 1 1772. merely because people tell you they will DR . JOHNSON . 5.
... all the inhabitants catch cold ; but that it had been fo well authenticated , he determined to retain it . JOHNSON . " Sir , to leave things out of a book , merely B 3 4 1 1772. merely because people tell you they will DR . JOHNSON . 5.
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... tell you they will not be believed , is meannefs , Macaulay acted with more magnanimity . " Etat . 63 . We talked of the Roman Catholick religion , and how little difference there was in effential mat- ters between ours and it . JOHNSON ...
... tell you they will not be believed , is meannefs , Macaulay acted with more magnanimity . " Etat . 63 . We talked of the Roman Catholick religion , and how little difference there was in effential mat- ters between ours and it . JOHNSON ...
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... tell him when he is wrong ; nor does he choose to be told . Sir , when people watch me narrowly , and I do not watch myself , they will find me out to be of a particular county . In the fame manner , Dunning may be found out to be a ...
... tell him when he is wrong ; nor does he choose to be told . Sir , when people watch me narrowly , and I do not watch myself , they will find me out to be of a particular county . In the fame manner , Dunning may be found out to be a ...
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... tell me all the little circumstances of his life ; what schools he attended , when he came to Oxford , when he came to London , & c . & c . He did not disapprove of my curiofity as to thefe particulars ; but faid " They'll come out by ...
... tell me all the little circumstances of his life ; what schools he attended , when he came to Oxford , when he came to London , & c . & c . He did not disapprove of my curiofity as to thefe particulars ; but faid " They'll come out by ...
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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