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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... Qud fit ut OMNIS Votiva pateat veluti defcripta tabella VITA SENIS.- HORAT VOLUME THE THIRD . LONDON : PRINTED BY HENRY BALDWIN , FOR CHARLES DILLY , IN THE POULTRY , M DCC XCIII DEDICATION . то SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . MY DEAR SIR.
... Qud fit ut OMNIS Votiva pateat veluti defcripta tabella VITA SENIS.- HORAT VOLUME THE THIRD . LONDON : PRINTED BY HENRY BALDWIN , FOR CHARLES DILLY , IN THE POULTRY , M DCC XCIII DEDICATION . то SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . MY DEAR SIR.
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... Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exh James Boswell. P DEDICATION . то SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . MY DEAR SIR.
... Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exh James Boswell. P DEDICATION . то SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . MY DEAR SIR.
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... Sir , moft fincerely to thank you for the many happy hours which I owe to your kindness , for ... Joshua Reynolds , who was the intimate and beloved friend of that great man ... Sir , Sir , ftudied him , and knew him well : DEDICATION . iii.
... Sir , moft fincerely to thank you for the many happy hours which I owe to your kindness , for ... Joshua Reynolds , who was the intimate and beloved friend of that great man ... Sir , Sir , ftudied him , and knew him well : DEDICATION . iii.
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... Sir Joshua Reynolds , to whom it is infcribed , lived to perufe it , and to give the strongest teftimony to its fidelity ; but before a fecond edition , which he contributed to improve , could be finished , the world has been deprived ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds , to whom it is infcribed , lived to perufe it , and to give the strongest teftimony to its fidelity ; but before a fecond edition , which he contributed to improve , could be finished , the world has been deprived ...
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... Sir Joshua Reynolds obferved to me , has been , that all who were of his school are diftin- guifhed for a love of truth and accuracy , which they would not have poffeffed in the fame degree , if they had not been known to Johnson ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds obferved to me , has been , that all who were of his school are diftin- guifhed for a love of truth and accuracy , which they would not have poffeffed in the fame degree , if they had not been known to Johnson ...
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