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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... write for wine ; and I am quite difinterested , as I drink none ; I fhall not be fufpected of having forged the application . I am no more than humble scribe . " E. " Then you shall prescribe . " BOSWELL . « Very well . The first play ...
... write for wine ; and I am quite difinterested , as I drink none ; I fhall not be fufpected of having forged the application . I am no more than humble scribe . " E. " Then you shall prescribe . " BOSWELL . « Very well . The first play ...
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... writes fo ill as Martin's Account of the He- brides is written . A man could not write fo ill , if he should try . Set a merchant's clerk now to write , and he'll do better . " E He talked to me with ferious concern of a cer- tain ...
... writes fo ill as Martin's Account of the He- brides is written . A man could not write fo ill , if he should try . Set a merchant's clerk now to write , and he'll do better . " E He talked to me with ferious concern of a cer- tain ...
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... write any thing , the publick make a point to know no- thing about it : " but that his " Traveller " brought him into high reputation . LANGTON . " There is not one bad line in that poem ; not one of Dryden's careless verfes . " SIR ...
... write any thing , the publick make a point to know no- thing about it : " but that his " Traveller " brought him into high reputation . LANGTON . " There is not one bad line in that poem ; not one of Dryden's careless verfes . " SIR ...
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... write it . Goldfmith , however , was a man , who , whatever he wrote , did it better than any other man could do . He deferved a place in Westminster - Abbey , and every year he lived , would have deferved it better . He had , indeed ...
... write it . Goldfmith , however , was a man , who , whatever he wrote , did it better than any other man could do . He deferved a place in Westminster - Abbey , and every year he lived , would have deferved it better . He had , indeed ...
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... writer who gave cadence to English profe . Before his time they were careless of ar- rangement , and did not mind whether a sentence ended with an important word or an infignificant word , or with , what part of speech it was con ...
... writer who gave cadence to English profe . Before his time they were careless of ar- rangement , and did not mind whether a sentence ended with an important word or an infignificant word , or with , what part of speech it was con ...
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