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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... faid to have been printed , in one language or other , as many times as there have been months fince it firft came out . I always was ftruck with this fentence in it : Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be ...
... faid to have been printed , in one language or other , as many times as there have been months fince it firft came out . I always was ftruck with this fentence in it : Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be ...
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... faid of the greatest liar , that he tells more truth than falfehood ; fo it may be faid of the worst man , that he does more good than evil . ” BOSWELL . " Perhaps from experience men may be found happier than we fuppofe . " JOHNSON ...
... faid of the greatest liar , that he tells more truth than falfehood ; fo it may be faid of the worst man , that he does more good than evil . ” BOSWELL . " Perhaps from experience men may be found happier than we fuppofe . " JOHNSON ...
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... faid to have been uneafy on that account ; but I can contradict the report from his Grace's own authority . As he used to admit me to very easy converfation with him , I took the liberty to introduce the sub- ject . His Grace told me ...
... faid to have been uneafy on that account ; but I can contradict the report from his Grace's own authority . As he used to admit me to very easy converfation with him , I took the liberty to introduce the sub- ject . His Grace told me ...
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... ( faid Johnson , ) a great deal indeed . Here is a man willing to liften , to whom the world is listening all the rest of the year . ' BOSWELL . " I think , Sir , it is right to tell one man of fuch a handsome thing , which has been faid ...
... ( faid Johnson , ) a great deal indeed . Here is a man willing to liften , to whom the world is listening all the rest of the year . ' BOSWELL . " I think , Sir , it is right to tell one man of fuch a handsome thing , which has been faid ...
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... faid to Johnson , across the table , that he had not been in those characters . " Yes ( faid he ) I have . I should have been forry to be left out . " He then repeated what had been applied to him , " I must borrow GARAGANTUA's mouth ...
... faid to Johnson , across the table , that he had not been in those characters . " Yes ( faid he ) I have . I should have been forry to be left out . " He then repeated what had been applied to him , " I must borrow GARAGANTUA's mouth ...
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