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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... instance , was the result of philosophical and religious consideration . He feared death , but he fear- ed nothing else , not even what might occasion death . Many instances of his resolution may be mentioned . One day , at Mr ...
... instance , was the result of philosophical and religious consideration . He feared death , but he fear- ed nothing else , not even what might occasion death . Many instances of his resolution may be mentioned . One day , at Mr ...
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... instances with a seem- ing regard for the benefit of the inhabitants , and the ornament of the country . His remarks on the want of trees and hedges for shade , as well as for shelter to the cattle , are well founded , and merit the ...
... instances with a seem- ing regard for the benefit of the inhabitants , and the ornament of the country . His remarks on the want of trees and hedges for shade , as well as for shelter to the cattle , are well founded , and merit the ...
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... instance of Scottish nationali- ty , which made a very unfavourable impression upon his mind . A Scotchman of some consideration in London solicited him to recommend by the weight of his learn- ed authority , to be master of an English ...
... instance of Scottish nationali- ty , which made a very unfavourable impression upon his mind . A Scotchman of some consideration in London solicited him to recommend by the weight of his learn- ed authority , to be master of an English ...
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... instances of animad- version which I communicated to him , and from what I could judge , both from his silence and his looks , ap- peared to me to impress him much . One was , " A Letter to Dr. Samuel Johnson , occasioned by his late ...
... instances of animad- version which I communicated to him , and from what I could judge , both from his silence and his looks , ap- peared to me to impress him much . One was , " A Letter to Dr. Samuel Johnson , occasioned by his late ...
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... instance was a paragraph of a letter to me , from my old and most intimate friend the Rever- end Mr. Temple , who wrote the character of Gray , which has had the honour to be adopted both by Mr. Mason and Dr. Johnson , in their accounts ...
... instance was a paragraph of a letter to me , from my old and most intimate friend the Rever- end Mr. Temple , who wrote the character of Gray , which has had the honour to be adopted both by Mr. Mason and Dr. Johnson , in their accounts ...
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