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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... thought only of culling of fimples . " I thanked him for fhowing civilities to Beattie , " Sir , ( faid he , ) I should thank you . We all love Beattie . Mrs. Thrale fays , if ever the has another hufband , fhe'll have Beattie . He funk ...
... thought only of culling of fimples . " I thanked him for fhowing civilities to Beattie , " Sir , ( faid he , ) I should thank you . We all love Beattie . Mrs. Thrale fays , if ever the has another hufband , fhe'll have Beattie . He funk ...
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... 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 books . We fhall have a strong built veffel , and ...
... 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 books . We fhall have a strong built veffel , and ...
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... thought themfelves honoured as fharing in the brilliant actions of Lewis XIV . they would not have endured him ; and we may fay the fame of the King of Pruffia's people . " Sir Adam intro- duced the ancient Greeks and Romans . JOHNSON ...
... thought themfelves honoured as fharing in the brilliant actions of Lewis XIV . they would not have endured him ; and we may fay the fame of the King of Pruffia's people . " Sir Adam intro- duced the ancient Greeks and Romans . JOHNSON ...
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... thought the worfe of here , whose brother was hanged . In uncommercial countries , many of the branches of a family muft depend on the stock ; fo , in order to make the head of the family take care of them , they are represented as ...
... thought the worfe of here , whose brother was hanged . In uncommercial countries , many of the branches of a family muft depend on the stock ; fo , in order to make the head of the family take care of them , they are represented as ...
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... thought him an odd character , fimilar to that in which the Spectator appeared to his landlady and her children : he was The Gentleman . Mr. Mickle , the tranflator of " The Lufiad , " and I , went to vifit him at this place a few days ...
... thought him an odd character , fimilar to that in which the Spectator appeared to his landlady and her children : he was The Gentleman . Mr. Mickle , the tranflator of " The Lufiad , " and I , went to vifit him at this place a few days ...
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