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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... authour neither says he is a geographer , nor an antiquarian , nor very learned in the history of Scotland , nor a naturalist , nor a fossilist . The manners of the people , and the face of the country , are all he attempts to describe ...
... authour neither says he is a geographer , nor an antiquarian , nor very learned in the history of Scotland , nor a naturalist , nor a fossilist . The manners of the people , and the face of the country , are all he attempts to describe ...
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... Authour of the Rambler , " with this motto : " Fallitur egregio quisquis sub Principe credit Servitium ; nunquam libertas gratior extat Quam sub Rege pio . " CLAUDIANUS . These pamphlets drew upon him numerous attacks . Against the ...
... Authour of the Rambler , " with this motto : " Fallitur egregio quisquis sub Principe credit Servitium ; nunquam libertas gratior extat Quam sub Rege pio . " CLAUDIANUS . These pamphlets drew upon him numerous attacks . Against the ...
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... authour of it : there is in it such a vigour . 6 1 Johnson's " Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland , " edit . 1785 , p . 256 . 2 This doubt has been much agitated on both sides , I think without good reason . See Addison's ...
... authour of it : there is in it such a vigour . 6 1 Johnson's " Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland , " edit . 1785 , p . 256 . 2 This doubt has been much agitated on both sides , I think without good reason . See Addison's ...
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... authour with a gold medal . Some years ago , at a coffee - house in Oxford , I called to him , Mr. Sheridan , Mr. Sheridan , how came you to give a gold medal to Home , for writing that foolish play ? ' This , you see , was wanton and ...
... authour with a gold medal . Some years ago , at a coffee - house in Oxford , I called to him , Mr. Sheridan , Mr. Sheridan , how came you to give a gold medal to Home , for writing that foolish play ? ' This , you see , was wanton and ...
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... authours ! " ( smiling ) . Davies , zealous for the honour of the Trade , said , Gardner was not pro- perly a bookseller . JOHNSON . " Nay , sir ; he cer tainly was a bookseller . He had served his time regularly , was a member of the ...
... authours ! " ( smiling ) . Davies , zealous for the honour of the Trade , said , Gardner was not pro- perly a bookseller . JOHNSON . " Nay , sir ; he cer tainly was a bookseller . He had served his time regularly , was a member of the ...
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