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. In Three VolumesHenry Baldwin, 1793 |
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... said , I believed it was owing to Churchill's attack upon him , " He mouths a fentence as curs mouth a bone . " JOHNSON . " I believe fo too , Sir . But what a man is he who is to be driven from the stage by a line ? Another line would ...
... said , I believed it was owing to Churchill's attack upon him , " He mouths a fentence as curs mouth a bone . " JOHNSON . " I believe fo too , Sir . But what a man is he who is to be driven from the stage by a line ? Another line would ...
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... said , " John Wesley's conversation is good , but he is never at leifure . He is always obliged to go at a certain hour . This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk , as I do . " On Friday ...
... said , " John Wesley's conversation is good , but he is never at leifure . He is always obliged to go at a certain hour . This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk , as I do . " On Friday ...
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... ( said he ) was , that a King , who was jealous of his Queen with his prime - minister , caftrated himself . This tragedy was actually fhewn about in manufcript to feveral people , and , amongst others , to Mr. Fitzherbert , who repeated ...
... ( said he ) was , that a King , who was jealous of his Queen with his prime - minister , caftrated himself . This tragedy was actually fhewn about in manufcript to feveral people , and , amongst others , to Mr. Fitzherbert , who repeated ...
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... said , " fhe had bound up Mr. Gibbon's Hiftory without the last two offenfive chapters ; for that fhe thought the book fo far good ; as it gave , in an elegant manner , the fubftance of the bad writers medii avi , which the late Lord ...
... said , " fhe had bound up Mr. Gibbon's Hiftory without the last two offenfive chapters ; for that fhe thought the book fo far good ; as it gave , in an elegant manner , the fubftance of the bad writers medii avi , which the late Lord ...
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... said , " I did not leave off wine because I could not bear it ; I have drunk three bottles of port without being the worse for it . Univerfity College has witneffed this . " BOSWELL . " Why then , Sir , did you leave it aff ? " JOHNSON ...
... said , " I did not leave off wine because I could not bear it ; I have drunk three bottles of port without being the worse for it . Univerfity College has witneffed this . " BOSWELL . " Why then , Sir , did you leave it aff ? " JOHNSON ...
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