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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Page vi
... mind . that the whole truth is not always to be expofed . This , however , I have managed fo as to occafion no diminution of the plea- fure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be disappointed of its ...
... mind . that the whole truth is not always to be expofed . This , however , I have managed fo as to occafion no diminution of the plea- fure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be disappointed of its ...
Page viii
... mind and prompt affiduity by which fo many converfa- tions were preferved , I myself , at some distance of time , contemplate with wonder ; and I must be allowed to fuggeft , that the nature of the work , in other refpects , as it ...
... mind and prompt affiduity by which fo many converfa- tions were preferved , I myself , at some distance of time , contemplate with wonder ; and I must be allowed to fuggeft , that the nature of the work , in other refpects , as it ...
Page xiv
... rifen in the veneration and love of mankind , I feel a fatisfaction beyond what fame can afford . We cannot , indeed , too much or too often admire his wonderful powers of mind , when we confider that bis xiv ADVERTISEMENT .
... rifen in the veneration and love of mankind , I feel a fatisfaction beyond what fame can afford . We cannot , indeed , too much or too often admire his wonderful powers of mind , when we confider that bis xiv ADVERTISEMENT .
Page xv
... mind , when we confider that the principal store of wit and wisdom which this Work contains , was not a particular felection from his general converfation , but was merely his occafional talk at fuch times as I had the good fortune to ...
... mind , when we confider that the principal store of wit and wisdom which this Work contains , was not a particular felection from his general converfation , but was merely his occafional talk at fuch times as I had the good fortune to ...
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... mind to suggest matter for dif- fatisfaction , that I felt a fort of regret that I was fo easy . I miffed that aweful reverence with which I used to contemplate MR . SAMUEL JOHNSON , in the complex magnitude of his literary , moral ...
... mind to suggest matter for dif- fatisfaction , that I felt a fort of regret that I was fo easy . I miffed that aweful reverence with which I used to contemplate MR . SAMUEL JOHNSON , in the complex magnitude of his literary , moral ...
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