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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... effects . Life cannot subsist in society but by recipro- cal concessions . She permitted you to ramble last year , you must permit her now to keep you at home . " Your last reason is so serious , that I am unwilling to oppose it . Yet ...
... effects . Life cannot subsist in society but by recipro- cal concessions . She permitted you to ramble last year , you must permit her now to keep you at home . " Your last reason is so serious , that I am unwilling to oppose it . Yet ...
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... another Scotchman , who has found means to make himself well known both in Scotland and Eng- land The effect which it had upon Johnson was , to produce this pleasant observation to Mr. Seward , to whom Etat . 66. ] 31 DR . JOHNSON .
... another Scotchman , who has found means to make himself well known both in Scotland and Eng- land The effect which it had upon Johnson was , to produce this pleasant observation to Mr. Seward , to whom Etat . 66. ] 31 DR . JOHNSON .
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... effect of a 66 new understanding . " Both at this inter- view , and in the evening at Mr. Thrale's , where he and Mr. Peter Garrick and I met again , he was vehe- ment on the subject of the Ossian controversy ; observ- ing , " We do not ...
... effect of a 66 new understanding . " Both at this inter- view , and in the evening at Mr. Thrale's , where he and Mr. Peter Garrick and I met again , he was vehe- ment on the subject of the Ossian controversy ; observ- ing , " We do not ...
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... effect : " That the Colonists could with no solidity argue from their not having been taxed while in their infancy , that they should not now be taxed . We do not put a calf into the plough ; we wait till he is an ox . " He said , They ...
... effect : " That the Colonists could with no solidity argue from their not having been taxed while in their infancy , that they should not now be taxed . We do not put a calf into the plough ; we wait till he is an ox . " He said , They ...
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... effect ; and therefore should be attended to as much as may be . It is necessary , however , to guard those who were not acquainted with him against overcharged imitations or caricatures of his manner , which are frequently attempted ...
... effect ; and therefore should be attended to as much as may be . It is necessary , however , to guard those who were not acquainted with him against overcharged imitations or caricatures of his manner , which are frequently attempted ...
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