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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... night was foolish . Would it not be foolish to regret that we shall have less mystery in a future ftate ? That we now see in a glass darkly , ' but shall then fee face to face ? " - This reflection , which I thus freely communicate ...
... night was foolish . Would it not be foolish to regret that we shall have less mystery in a future ftate ? That we now see in a glass darkly , ' but shall then fee face to face ? " - This reflection , which I thus freely communicate ...
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... night . TAYLOR . " You'll be robbed if you do ; or you must shoot a highwayman . Now I would rather be robbed than do that : I would not fhoot a high- wayman . " JOHNSON . " But I would rather shoot him in the inftant when he is ...
... night . TAYLOR . " You'll be robbed if you do ; or you must shoot a highwayman . Now I would rather be robbed than do that : I would not fhoot a high- wayman . " JOHNSON . " But I would rather shoot him in the inftant when he is ...
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... night with the plaudits of a thoufand in his cranium . Then , Sir , Garrick did not find , but made his way to the tables , the levees , and almost the bed - cham- bers , of the great . Then , Sir , Garrick had un- der him a numerous ...
... night with the plaudits of a thoufand in his cranium . Then , Sir , Garrick did not find , but made his way to the tables , the levees , and almost the bed - cham- bers , of the great . Then , Sir , Garrick had un- der him a numerous ...
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... night before he suffered ? I do not believe it . " He then read aloud where he prays for the King , & c . and obferved , " Sir , do you think that a man the night before he is to be hanged cares for the fuc- ceffion of a royal family ...
... night before he suffered ? I do not believe it . " He then read aloud where he prays for the King , & c . and obferved , " Sir , do you think that a man the night before he is to be hanged cares for the fuc- ceffion of a royal family ...
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... night , ' On the first friendly bank he throws him down , Or refts his head upon a rock till morn ; And if the following day he chance to find • A new repast , or an untasted spring , • Bleffes his ftars ! and thinks its luxury ! ' Let ...
... night , ' On the first friendly bank he throws him down , Or refts his head upon a rock till morn ; And if the following day he chance to find • A new repast , or an untasted spring , • Bleffes his ftars ! and thinks its luxury ! ' Let ...
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