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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... received me with a hearty welcome ; faying , " I am glad you are come , and glad you are come upon fuch an errand . " ( alluding to the cause of the schoolmafter . ) BoSWELL . " I hope , Sir , he will be in no danger . It is a very ...
... received me with a hearty welcome ; faying , " I am glad you are come , and glad you are come upon fuch an errand . " ( alluding to the cause of the schoolmafter . ) BoSWELL . " I hope , Sir , he will be in no danger . It is a very ...
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... received him very courteously . Sir Alexander obferved , that the Chancellors in England are chofen from views much inferiour to the office , being chofen from temporary politi- cal views . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , in fuch a go- vernment ...
... received him very courteously . Sir Alexander obferved , that the Chancellors in England are chofen from views much inferiour to the office , being chofen from temporary politi- cal views . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , in fuch a go- vernment ...
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... received a very fine polish may be eafily hurt . Be- 3 See this curious question treated by him with most acute ability , " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " 3d edit . p . 33 . D 2 fore 1772 . Etat . 63 . Etat . 63 . 1772. fore men ...
... received a very fine polish may be eafily hurt . Be- 3 See this curious question treated by him with most acute ability , " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " 3d edit . p . 33 . D 2 fore 1772 . Etat . 63 . Etat . 63 . 1772. fore men ...
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... received with high approbation by the 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 ...
... received with high approbation by the 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 ...
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... received a letter from Dr. Robertson the historian , upon the fubject , with which he was much pleased , and now talked in such a manner of his long - in- tended tour , that I was fatisfied he meant to fulfil his engagement . The custom ...
... received a letter from Dr. Robertson the historian , upon the fubject , with which he was much pleased , and now talked in such a manner of his long - in- tended tour , that I was fatisfied he meant to fulfil his engagement . The custom ...
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