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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... that fame which he has fo defervedly obtained , be fulfilled his promife of a long - wished - for vifit to his relations in Ireland ; from whence his fafe return finibus Atticis is defired by his friends here 6 Safe ADVERTISEMENT . ix.
... that fame which he has fo defervedly obtained , be fulfilled his promife of a long - wished - for vifit to his relations in Ireland ; from whence his fafe return finibus Atticis is defired by his friends here 6 Safe ADVERTISEMENT . ix.
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... vifit very fhort , and had no more of his conversation , except his expreffing a serious re- gret that a friend of ours was living at too much expence , confidering how poor an appearance he made : " If ( faid he ) a man has splendour ...
... vifit very fhort , and had no more of his conversation , except his expreffing a serious re- gret that a friend of ours was living at too much expence , confidering how poor an appearance he made : " If ( faid he ) a man has splendour ...
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... vifit him , fhewed a kindnefs of difpofition very rare at an advanced age . He observed , “ how wonderful it was that they had both been in Lon- don almoft fifty years , without having ever once met , and both walkers in the street too ...
... vifit him , fhewed a kindnefs of difpofition very rare at an advanced age . He observed , “ how wonderful it was that they had both been in Lon- don almoft fifty years , without having ever once met , and both walkers in the street too ...
Page 118
... " But , Sir , let me put a cafe . Suppose Sir Joshua fhould take a jaunt into Scotland ; he does me the honour to pay me a vifit at my house in the country ; I am overjoyed at at feeing him ; we are quite by ourfelves ; 118 THE LIFE OF.
... " But , Sir , let me put a cafe . Suppose Sir Joshua fhould take a jaunt into Scotland ; he does me the honour to pay me a vifit at my house in the country ; I am overjoyed at at feeing him ; we are quite by ourfelves ; 118 THE LIFE OF.
Page 153
... vifit to Warley - camp , where this gentleman was at the time ftationed as a Captain in the Lin- colnshire militia . I fhall give them in his own words in a letter to me . " It was in the fummer of the year 1778 , that he complied with ...
... vifit to Warley - camp , where this gentleman was at the time ftationed as a Captain in the Lin- colnshire militia . I fhall give them in his own words in a letter to me . " It was in the fummer of the year 1778 , that he complied with ...
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