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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... Langton . Mr. Ram- fay had lately returned from Italy , and entertained us with his obfervations upon Horace's villa , which he had examined with great care . I relished this much , as it brought fresh into my mind what I had viewed ...
... Langton . Mr. Ram- fay had lately returned from Italy , and entertained us with his obfervations upon Horace's villa , which he had examined with great care . I relished this much , as it brought fresh into my mind what I had viewed ...
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... LANGTON . " There is not one bad line in that poem ; not one of Dryden's careless verfes . " SIR JOSHUA . " I was glad to hear Charles Fox fay it was one of the fineft poems in the English language . " LANGTON . " Why , was you glad ...
... LANGTON . " There is not one bad line in that poem ; not one of Dryden's careless verfes . " SIR JOSHUA . " I was glad to hear Charles Fox fay it was one of the fineft poems in the English language . " LANGTON . " Why , was you glad ...
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... Langton for having been too filent . " Sir , ( faid I , ) you will recollect , that he very properly took up Sir Joshua for being glad that Charles Fox had praised Gold- fmith's Traveller , ' and you joined him . " JOHN- SON . " Yes ...
... Langton for having been too filent . " Sir , ( faid I , ) you will recollect , that he very properly took up Sir Joshua for being glad that Charles Fox had praised Gold- fmith's Traveller , ' and you joined him . " JOHN- SON . " Yes ...
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... Langton's , where were Dr. Porteus , then Bishop of Chester , now of London , and Dr. Stin- ton . He was at first in a very filent frame . Be- fore dinner he said nothing but " Pretty baby , " to one of the children . Langton faid very ...
... Langton's , where were Dr. Porteus , then Bishop of Chester , now of London , and Dr. Stin- ton . He was at first in a very filent frame . Be- fore dinner he said nothing but " Pretty baby , " to one of the children . Langton faid very ...
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... Langton . General Oglethorpe declaimed against luxury . JOHNSON . " Depend upon it , Sir , every state of fociety is as luxurious as it can be . Men always take the beft they can get . " OGLE- THORPE . " But the beft depends much upon ...
... Langton . General Oglethorpe declaimed against luxury . JOHNSON . " Depend upon it , Sir , every state of fociety is as luxurious as it can be . Men always take the beft they can get . " OGLE- THORPE . " But the beft depends much upon ...
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