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 ii
... particular attention by a perfon of the firft eminence in the age in which he lived , whofe company has been univerfally courted , I am juftified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I mention that there has ...
... particular attention by a perfon of the firft eminence in the age in which he lived , whofe company has been univerfally courted , I am juftified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I mention that there has ...
Page v
... ) let us be grave : here comes a fool . " The world , my friend , I have found to be a great fool , as to that particular , on which it has become neceffary to speak very plainly . a 3 1 plainly . I have , therefore , in this DEDICATION .
... ) let us be grave : here comes a fool . " The world , my friend , I have found to be a great fool , as to that particular , on which it has become neceffary to speak very plainly . a 3 1 plainly . I have , therefore , in this DEDICATION .
Page xiii
... particular friends , but of many other learned and ingenious men , by which I have been ena- bled to rectify fome mistakes , and to enrich the Work with many valuable additions . Thefe I have ordered to be printed separately in quarto ...
... particular friends , but of many other learned and ingenious men , by which I have been ena- bled to rectify fome mistakes , and to enrich the Work with many valuable additions . Thefe I have ordered to be printed separately in quarto ...
Page xv
... particular felection from his general converfation , but was merely his occafional talk at fuch times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his difcourfe at other periods bad been collected with the ...
... particular felection from his general converfation , but was merely his occafional talk at fuch times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his difcourfe at other periods bad been collected with the ...
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... particular fingly , in which he happens to be de- fective , when , in truth , his character is composed of many particulars . " . 15 E. " I understand the hogfhead of claret , which this fociety was favoured with by our friend the Dean ...
... particular fingly , in which he happens to be de- fective , when , in truth , his character is composed of many particulars . " . 15 E. " I understand the hogfhead of claret , which this fociety was favoured with by our friend the Dean ...
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