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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... father has dismissed the ac- tion as groundless , and now he has appealed to the whole Court . " 1 66 DEAR SIR , " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " I LONG to hear how you like the book ; it is , I think , much liked here . But Macpherson is ...
... father has dismissed the ac- tion as groundless , and now he has appealed to the whole Court . " 1 66 DEAR SIR , " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " I LONG to hear how you like the book ; it is , I think , much liked here . But Macpherson is ...
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... father complied with the requisition of government , ( as to which he once observed to me , when I pressed him up- on it , " That , sir , he was to settle with himself , " ) he 1 This was not merely a cursory remark ; for in his Life of ...
... father complied with the requisition of government , ( as to which he once observed to me , when I pressed him up- on it , " That , sir , he was to settle with himself , " ) he 1 This was not merely a cursory remark ; for in his Life of ...
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... father as he swore . " " Mr. Strahan talked of launching into the great ocean of London , in order to have a chance for rising into eminence ; and , observing that many men were kept back from trying their fortunes there , because they ...
... father as he swore . " " Mr. Strahan talked of launching into the great ocean of London , in order to have a chance for rising into eminence ; and , observing that many men were kept back from trying their fortunes there , because they ...
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... father's will . He took money , indeed , from France : but he did not betray those over whom he ruled : He did not let the French fleet pass ours . George the First knew nothing , and de- sired to know nothing ; did nothing , and ...
... father's will . He took money , indeed , from France : but he did not betray those over whom he ruled : He did not let the French fleet pass ours . George the First knew nothing , and de- sired to know nothing ; did nothing , and ...
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... father was very earnest she should , because her talents would be liber- ally rewarded , so as to make her a good fortune . It was questioned whether the young gentleman who had not a shilling in the world , but was blest with very un ...
... father was very earnest she should , because her talents would be liber- ally rewarded , so as to make her a good fortune . It was questioned whether the young gentleman who had not a shilling in the world , but was blest with very un ...
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