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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... must be allowed to fuggeft , that the nature of the work , in other refpects , as it confifts of innu- merable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to afcertain with a fcrupulous authenticity ...
... must be allowed to fuggeft , that the nature of the work , in other refpects , as it confifts of innu- merable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to afcertain with a fcrupulous authenticity ...
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... must provide yourself with a good deal of extraneous matter , which you are to produce occafionally , fo as to fill up the time ; for you must consider , that they do not liften much . If you begin with the ftrength of your caufe , it ...
... must provide yourself with a good deal of extraneous matter , which you are to produce occafionally , fo as to fill up the time ; for you must consider , that they do not liften much . If you begin with the ftrength of your caufe , it ...
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... must be a Etat . 69. good book , as the world has opened its arms to receive it . It is 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 ...
... must be a Etat . 69. good book , as the world has opened its arms to receive it . It is 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 ...
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... must be docked . That was the mark of Alcibiades's dog . " E. " A thoufand guineas ! The representation of no animal what- ever is worth fo much . At this rate a dead dog would indeed be better than a living lion . " JOHN- SON . " Sir ...
... must be docked . That was the mark of Alcibiades's dog . " E. " A thoufand guineas ! The representation of no animal what- ever is worth fo much . At this rate a dead dog would indeed be better than a living lion . " JOHN- SON . " Sir ...
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... must admit of diverfity of colouring ; it must receive a colour on that fide . In the House of Commons there are members enough who will not vote what is grofsly unjust or abfurd . No , Sir , there must always be right enough , or ...
... must admit of diverfity of colouring ; it must receive a colour on that fide . In the House of Commons there are members enough who will not vote what is grofsly unjust or abfurd . No , Sir , there must always be right enough , or ...
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