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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... last century . He was a man of pleafing conversation , and was accompanied by a young gentleman , his fon . I mentioned that I had in my poffeffion the Lite of Sir Robert Sibbald , the celebrated Scottish an- tiquary , and founder of ...
... last century . He was a man of pleafing conversation , and was accompanied by a young gentleman , his fon . I mentioned that I had in my poffeffion the Lite of Sir Robert Sibbald , the celebrated Scottish an- tiquary , and founder of ...
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... last two offenfive chapters ; for that fhe thought the book fo far good ; as it gave , in an elegant manner , the fubftance of the bad writers medii avi , which the late Lord Lyttelton advised her to read . " JOHNSON . Sir , he has not ...
... last two offenfive chapters ; for that fhe thought the book fo far good ; as it gave , in an elegant manner , the fubftance of the bad writers medii avi , which the late Lord Lyttelton advised her to read . " JOHNSON . Sir , he has not ...
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... last he burst forth , " Subordination is fadly broken down in this age . No man , now , has the fame authority which his father had - except a gaoler . No mafter has it over his fervants : it is diminished in our col- leges ; nay , in ...
... last he burst forth , " Subordination is fadly broken down in this age . No man , now , has the fame authority which his father had - except a gaoler . No mafter has it over his fervants : it is diminished in our col- leges ; nay , in ...
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... last grew enraged , and faid , " I will not be put to the question . Don't you confider , Sir , that thefe are not the manners of a gentleman ? I will not be baited with what , and why ; what is this ? what is that ? why is a cow's tail ...
... last grew enraged , and faid , " I will not be put to the question . Don't you confider , Sir , that thefe are not the manners of a gentleman ? I will not be baited with what , and why ; what is this ? what is that ? why is a cow's tail ...
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... last . And yet a man who has been refused a pardon after so much petitioning , would hardly be praying thus fervently for the King . " He and I , and Mrs. Williams , went to dine with the Reverend Dr. Percy . Talking of Gold- fmith ...
... last . And yet a man who has been refused a pardon after so much petitioning , would hardly be praying thus fervently for the King . " He and I , and Mrs. Williams , went to dine with the Reverend Dr. Percy . Talking of Gold- fmith ...
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