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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... reason to believe that , my Lord . Are we to think Pope was happy , be- cause he says so in his writings ? We fee in his writings what he wished the ftate of his mind to appear . Dr. Young , who pined for preferment , talks with ...
... reason to believe that , my Lord . Are we to think Pope was happy , be- cause he says so in his writings ? We fee in his writings what he wished the ftate of his mind to appear . Dr. Young , who pined for preferment , talks with ...
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... reason why you should be fo ill . " Talking of the Juftitia hulk at Woolwich , in which criminals were punished , by being confined to labour , he faid , " I do not fee that they are punished by this : they must have worked equally ...
... reason why you should be fo ill . " Talking of the Juftitia hulk at Woolwich , in which criminals were punished , by being confined to labour , he faid , " I do not fee that they are punished by this : they must have worked equally ...
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... reason to complain . Every Saint in heaven will have as much happi- nefs as he can hold . " Mr. Dilly thought this a clear , though a familiar illuftration of the phrafe , " One ftar differeth from another in brightnefs . " Dr. 1778 ...
... reason to complain . Every Saint in heaven will have as much happi- nefs as he can hold . " Mr. Dilly thought this a clear , though a familiar illuftration of the phrafe , " One ftar differeth from another in brightnefs . " Dr. 1778 ...
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... reason to complain , though no more of it should be given to us . But if our only state of existence were in this world , then we might with fome reafon com- plain that we are fo diffatisfied with our enjoy- ments compared with our ...
... reason to complain , though no more of it should be given to us . But if our only state of existence were in this world , then we might with fome reafon com- plain that we are fo diffatisfied with our enjoy- ments compared with our ...
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... reason to fuppofe was accurate , for it was written down in his prefence by this friend , who enumerated each article aloud , and had fome of them men- tioned to him by Mr. Levett , in concert with whom it was made out ; and Johnson ...
... reason to fuppofe was accurate , for it was written down in his prefence by this friend , who enumerated each article aloud , and had fome of them men- tioned to him by Mr. Levett , in concert with whom it was made out ; and Johnson ...
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