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, Volume 3J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... afterwards to fill up , and return to them again . This we must have , or we cannot proceed according to their directions . You need , I believe , only ask for a petition ; if they inquire for whom you ask , you can tell them . " I beg ...
... afterwards to fill up , and return to them again . This we must have , or we cannot proceed according to their directions . You need , I believe , only ask for a petition ; if they inquire for whom you ask , you can tell them . " I beg ...
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... afterwards give you my thoughts on particular passages . In the mean time , I hasten to tell you of your having mis- taken two names , which you will correct in London , as I shall do here , that the gentlemen who deserve the valuable ...
... afterwards give you my thoughts on particular passages . In the mean time , I hasten to tell you of your having mis- taken two names , which you will correct in London , as I shall do here , that the gentlemen who deserve the valuable ...
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... afterwards favoured me with an English translation . Mr. Alderman Boydell , that eminent Patron of the Arts , has subjoined them to the engraving from my picture . " Maria Scotorum Regina , Hominum seditiosorum Contumeliis lassata ...
... afterwards favoured me with an English translation . Mr. Alderman Boydell , that eminent Patron of the Arts , has subjoined them to the engraving from my picture . " Maria Scotorum Regina , Hominum seditiosorum Contumeliis lassata ...
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... afterwards collected them into a volume , with the title of " Political Tracts , by the Authour of the Rambler , " with this motto : " Fallitur egregio quisquis sub Principe credit Servitium ; nunquam libertas gratior extat Quam sub ...
... afterwards collected them into a volume , with the title of " Political Tracts , by the Authour of the Rambler , " with this motto : " Fallitur egregio quisquis sub Principe credit Servitium ; nunquam libertas gratior extat Quam sub ...
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... afterwards appear , that his pension having been given to him as a literary character , he had been applied to by administration to write political pamphlets ; and he was even so much irritated , that he declared his resolution to re ...
... afterwards appear , that his pension having been given to him as a literary character , he had been applied to by administration to write political pamphlets ; and he was even so much irritated , that he declared his resolution to re ...
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