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, Volume 3C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 |
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... Goldsmith , ' nothing about Langton . 6 " I have received for you , from the Society for pro- pagating Christian Knowledge in Scotland , the follow- ing Erse books : -The New Testament ; Baxter's Call ; ' - The Confession of Faith of ...
... Goldsmith , ' nothing about Langton . 6 " I have received for you , from the Society for pro- pagating Christian Knowledge in Scotland , the follow- ing Erse books : -The New Testament ; Baxter's Call ; ' - The Confession of Faith of ...
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... Goldsmith there is little to be told , more than the papers have made publick . He died of a fever , made , I am afraid , more violent by uneasiness of mind . His debts began to be heavy , all his resour- ces were exhausted . Sir Joshua ...
... Goldsmith there is little to be told , more than the papers have made publick . He died of a fever , made , I am afraid , more violent by uneasiness of mind . His debts began to be heavy , all his resour- ces were exhausted . Sir Joshua ...
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... Goldsmith is gone much further . He died of a fever , exasperated , as I believe , by the fear of distress . He had raised money and squandered it , by every arti- fice of acquisition and folly of expense . But let not his frailties be ...
... Goldsmith is gone much further . He died of a fever , exasperated , as I believe , by the fear of distress . He had raised money and squandered it , by every arti- fice of acquisition and folly of expense . But let not his frailties be ...
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... Goldsmith had said to me that he had come too late into the world , for that Pope and other poets had taken up the places in the Temple of Fame ; so that as but a few at any period can pos- sess poetical reputation , a man of genius can ...
... Goldsmith had said to me that he had come too late into the world , for that Pope and other poets had taken up the places in the Temple of Fame ; so that as but a few at any period can pos- sess poetical reputation , a man of genius can ...
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... Goldsmith's " History of Animated Na- ture , " in which that celebrated mathematician is repre- sented as being subject to fits of yawning so violent as to render him incapable of proceeding in his lecture ; a story altogether unfounded ...
... Goldsmith's " History of Animated Na- ture , " in which that celebrated mathematician is repre- sented as being subject to fits of yawning so violent as to render him incapable of proceeding in his lecture ; a story altogether unfounded ...
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