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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Page 226
... same subject , he faid , referring to the fame idea of his wonder- ful facility , That Beauclerk's talents were those which he had felt himself more difpofed to envy , than those of any whom he had known . ' " At the evening I have ...
... same subject , he faid , referring to the fame idea of his wonder- ful facility , That Beauclerk's talents were those which he had felt himself more difpofed to envy , than those of any whom he had known . ' " At the evening I have ...
Page 397
... same room , hearing an uncom- mon noise , got up and tried to make him fpeak , but without effect . He then called Mr. Holder , the apothecary , who , though when he came he thought him dead , opened a vein , but could draw no blood ...
... same room , hearing an uncom- mon noise , got up and tried to make him fpeak , but without effect . He then called Mr. Holder , the apothecary , who , though when he came he thought him dead , opened a vein , but could draw no blood ...
Page 548
... same agreeable circle at Pembroke College , with the comfortable profpect of making fome ftay . John- fon welcomed my return with more than ordinary glee . high in the republick of letters , that it wanted not to be raised upon the ...
... same agreeable circle at Pembroke College , with the comfortable profpect of making fome ftay . John- fon welcomed my return with more than ordinary glee . high in the republick of letters , that it wanted not to be raised upon the ...
Page 554
... facred form of devotion , has understood this in the same sense : " Guard us from all temptations of the FOE . " but he roared them down ! " No , no 4 but 554 THE LIFE OF 1784. why, fhould in this world of imperfect knowledge...
... facred form of devotion , has understood this in the same sense : " Guard us from all temptations of the FOE . " but he roared them down ! " No , no 4 but 554 THE LIFE OF 1784. why, fhould in this world of imperfect knowledge...
Page 675
... same subject , in his Letter to Mrs. Thrale , dated Nov. 29 , 1783 , he makes the following ' juft obfervation : " Life , to be worthy of a rational being , must be always in progreffion ; we muft always purpose to do more or better ...
... same subject , in his Letter to Mrs. Thrale , dated Nov. 29 , 1783 , he makes the following ' juft obfervation : " Life , to be worthy of a rational being , must be always in progreffion ; we muft always purpose to do more or better ...
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