“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: ...G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... all quantities " this writer , who seems to refer to a still more ancient author tha himself , I suppose , means different quantities . - MALONE . court them . You may be prudently attached to great AGE 57. ] 5 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... all quantities " this writer , who seems to refer to a still more ancient author tha himself , I suppose , means different quantities . - MALONE . court them . You may be prudently attached to great AGE 57. ] 5 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... suppose by Mr. Drummond , wrote , with a generous indignation , as follows : - : - got towards the publication , she confessed to me , went for necessaries , and that the greatest pain she ever felt was from the appearance of defrauding ...
... suppose by Mr. Drummond , wrote , with a generous indignation , as follows : - : - got towards the publication , she confessed to me , went for necessaries , and that the greatest pain she ever felt was from the appearance of defrauding ...
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... suppose , no other man wishes to resemble . " The Papists have , indeed , denied to the laity the use of the Bible ; but this prohibition , in few places now very rigorously enforced , is defended by arguments which have for their ...
... suppose , no other man wishes to resemble . " The Papists have , indeed , denied to the laity the use of the Bible ; but this prohibition , in few places now very rigorously enforced , is defended by arguments which have for their ...
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... suppose Louis the Fourteenth or Charles the Second . " At Sir Joshua Reynolds's , where a circle of Johnson's friends was ' collected round him to hear his account of this memorable conversation , Dr. Joseph Warton , in his frank and ...
... suppose Louis the Fourteenth or Charles the Second . " At Sir Joshua Reynolds's , where a circle of Johnson's friends was ' collected round him to hear his account of this memorable conversation , Dr. Joseph Warton , in his frank and ...
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... suppose it was to introduce a comedy , when Mr. Bensley solemnly began : - " Press'd with the load of life , the weary mind , Surveys the general toil of human kind . " But this dark ground might make Goldsmith's humour shine the more.1 ...
... suppose it was to introduce a comedy , when Mr. Bensley solemnly began : - " Press'd with the load of life , the weary mind , Surveys the general toil of human kind . " But this dark ground might make Goldsmith's humour shine the more.1 ...
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