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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... fubject : " Nothing but experience could evince the fre- quency of false information , or enable any man to conceive that fo many groundless reports fhould be propagated 4 propagated , as every man of eminence may hear 1778 8 THE LIFE OF.
... fubject : " Nothing but experience could evince the fre- quency of false information , or enable any man to conceive that fo many groundless reports fhould be propagated 4 propagated , as every man of eminence may hear 1778 8 THE LIFE OF.
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... hear 1778 . of himself . Some men relate what they think , Etat . 69 . as what they know ; fome men of confused memo- ries and habitual inaccuracy , afcribe to one man what belongs to another ; and fome talk on , with- out thought or ...
... hear 1778 . of himself . Some men relate what they think , Etat . 69 . as what they know ; fome men of confused memo- ries and habitual inaccuracy , afcribe to one man what belongs to another ; and fome talk on , with- out thought or ...
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... hear prodigious complaints at present of emigration , I am convinced that emigration makes a country more populous . " J. " That founds very much like a paradox . " E. " Expor- tation of men , like exportation of all other com- modities ...
... hear prodigious complaints at present of emigration , I am convinced that emigration makes a country more populous . " J. " That founds very much like a paradox . " E. " Expor- tation of men , like exportation of all other com- modities ...
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... hear you play on the violoncello . That fhould have been your inftrument . " JOHNSON . " Sir , I might as well have played on the violoncello as another ; but I should have done nothing elfe . No , Sir ; a man would never undertake ...
... hear you play on the violoncello . That fhould have been your inftrument . " JOHNSON . " Sir , I might as well have played on the violoncello as another ; but I should have done nothing elfe . No , Sir ; a man would never undertake ...
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... hears it mentioned to her , as at the thing itself . I told her , ▾ Madam , you are contented to hear every day faid to you , what the highest of mankind have died for , rather than bear . You know , Sir , the highest of man- kind have ...
... hears it mentioned to her , as at the thing itself . I told her , ▾ Madam , you are contented to hear every day faid to you , what the highest of mankind have died for , rather than bear . You know , Sir , the highest of man- kind have ...
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