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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... writing the hiftory of that country , I asked Dr , Johnson whether one might write a history of Sweden , without going thither , " Yes , Sir , ( faid he , ) one for common use . ' " " 1772 . Ætat . 63 . We talked of languages . Johnfon ...
... writing the hiftory of that country , I asked Dr , Johnson whether one might write a history of Sweden , without going thither , " Yes , Sir , ( faid he , ) one for common use . ' " " 1772 . Ætat . 63 . We talked of languages . Johnfon ...
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... write the life of a man , but those who have eat and drunk and lived in fo- cial intercourse with him . " I faid , that if it was not troublesome and pre- fuming too much , I would request him to tell me all the little circumstances of ...
... write the life of a man , but those who have eat and drunk and lived in fo- cial intercourse with him . " I faid , that if it was not troublesome and pre- fuming too much , I would request him to tell me all the little circumstances of ...
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... write down his thoughts . upon the subject . He faid , " There's no occafion for my writing . I'll talk to you . " He was , how- ever , at last prevailed on to dictate to me , while I wrote as follows : " The charge is , that he has ...
... write down his thoughts . upon the subject . He faid , " There's no occafion for my writing . I'll talk to you . " He was , how- ever , at last prevailed on to dictate to me , while I wrote as follows : " The charge is , that he has ...
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... write is a distinction , the few who have that diftinction may be the lefs inclined to work ; but when every body learns to read and write , it is no longer a distinction . A man who has a laced waistcoat is too fine a man to work ; but ...
... write is a distinction , the few who have that diftinction may be the lefs inclined to work ; but when every body learns to read and write , it is no longer a distinction . A man who has a laced waistcoat is too fine a man to work ; but ...
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... writer . He answered , " A conceited fellow . Were a man to write fo now , the boys would throw ftones at him . " He however did not alter my opinion of a favourite authour , to whom I was first directed by his being quoted in " The ...
... writer . He answered , " A conceited fellow . Were a man to write fo now , the boys would throw ftones at him . " He however did not alter my opinion of a favourite authour , to whom I was first directed by his being quoted in " The ...
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