The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 pages |
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... give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are bar- ren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end , we may hope for impar- tiality , but must expect little intelligence ...
... give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are bar- ren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end , we may hope for impar- tiality , but must expect little intelligence ...
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... give in a very satisfactory manner ; and judging from myself , and many of my friends , I trust that it will not be uninteresting to my readers . We may be certain , though it is not expressly named in the following letter to Mr. Cave ...
... give in a very satisfactory manner ; and judging from myself , and many of my friends , I trust that it will not be uninteresting to my readers . We may be certain , though it is not expressly named in the following letter to Mr. Cave ...
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... give the following He Impartial posterity may , perhaps , be as little inclined as Dr. Johnson was , to justify the uncommon rigour exercised in the case of Dr. Archibald Cameron . was an amiable and truly honest man ; and his offence ...
... give the following He Impartial posterity may , perhaps , be as little inclined as Dr. Johnson was , to justify the uncommon rigour exercised in the case of Dr. Archibald Cameron . was an amiable and truly honest man ; and his offence ...
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... give , you will give quickly . " You need not be in care about something to print , for I have got the State Trials , and shall extract Layer , Atterbury , and Macclesfield from them , and shall bring them to you in a fort- night ...
... give , you will give quickly . " You need not be in care about something to print , for I have got the State Trials , and shall extract Layer , Atterbury , and Macclesfield from them , and shall bring them to you in a fort- night ...
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... give more credit than to Mr. Francis Barber , his faithful negro servant , t who came into his family about a fortnight after the dismal event . These sufferings were aggravated by the melancholy inherent in his constitution ; and ...
... give more credit than to Mr. Francis Barber , his faithful negro servant , t who came into his family about a fortnight after the dismal event . These sufferings were aggravated by the melancholy inherent in his constitution ; and ...
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