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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... consider , that they do not liften much . If you begin with the ftrength of your caufe , it may be loft before they begin to liften . When you catch a moment of attention , prefs the merits of the question upon them . " He faid , as to ...
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... CONSIDERING what reafon you gave me in the fpring to conclude that you took part in whatever good or evil might befal me , I ought not to have omitted fo long the account which I am now about to give you . - My difeafes are an asthma ...
... CONSIDERING what reafon you gave me in the fpring to conclude that you took part in whatever good or evil might befal me , I ought not to have omitted fo long the account which I am now about to give you . - My difeafes are an asthma ...
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