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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... believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that many perfons , especially in diftant quarters , not penetrating enough into Johnson's character , so as to understand his mode of treating his friends , have arraigned my judgement ...
... believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that many perfons , especially in diftant quarters , not penetrating enough into Johnson's character , so as to understand his mode of treating his friends , have arraigned my judgement ...
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... believe fo too , Sir . But what a man is he who is to be driven from the stage by a line ? Another line would have driven him from his shop . " I told him , that I was engaged as Counsel at the bar of the Houfe of Commons to oppofe a ...
... believe fo too , Sir . But what a man is he who is to be driven from the stage by a line ? Another line would have driven him from his shop . " I told him , that I was engaged as Counsel at the bar of the Houfe of Commons to oppofe a ...
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... believe that you took fo much pains , knowing with certainty that it could pro- duce no effect , that not one vote would be gained by it . " E. E. « Waving your compliment to me , I fhall fay in general , that it is very well worth ...
... believe that you took fo much pains , knowing with certainty that it could pro- duce no effect , that not one vote would be gained by it . " E. E. « Waving your compliment to me , I fhall fay in general , that it is very well worth ...
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... believe in any body of men in England I fhould have been in the minority ; I have always been in the minority . " P. « The House of Commons resembles a private company . How feldom is any man convinced by another's argument ; paffion ...
... believe in any body of men in England I fhould have been in the minority ; I have always been in the minority . " P. « The House of Commons resembles a private company . How feldom is any man convinced by another's argument ; paffion ...
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... believe it to be a true book in his intention . All travellers gene- rally mean to tell truth ; though Thickness ob- ferves , upon Smollet's account of his alarming a whole town in France by firing a blunderbuss , and frightening a ...
... believe it to be a true book in his intention . All travellers gene- rally mean to tell truth ; though Thickness ob- ferves , upon Smollet's account of his alarming a whole town in France by firing a blunderbuss , and frightening a ...
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