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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... common price of an oak stick ; " and being answered six - pence , “ Why then , sir ( said he ) , give me leave to send your servant to purchase me a shilling one . I'll have a double quan- tity ; for I am told Foote means to take me off ...
... common price of an oak stick ; " and being answered six - pence , “ Why then , sir ( said he ) , give me leave to send your servant to purchase me a shilling one . I'll have a double quan- tity ; for I am told Foote means to take me off ...
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... common circum- stances of former compositions of that nature ; and when , upon an attentive examination of it , there was found a perpetual recurrence of the same images which appear in the fragments ; and when no ancient manuscript ...
... common circum- stances of former compositions of that nature ; and when , upon an attentive examination of it , there was found a perpetual recurrence of the same images which appear in the fragments ; and when no ancient manuscript ...
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... gratior extat Quam sub Rege pio . " CLAUDIANUS . These pamphlets drew upon him numerous attacks . Against the common weapons of literary warfare he was hardened ; but there were two instances of ani- Etat . 66. ] 43 DR . JOHNSON .
... gratior extat Quam sub Rege pio . " CLAUDIANUS . These pamphlets drew upon him numerous attacks . Against the common weapons of literary warfare he was hardened ; but there were two instances of ani- Etat . 66. ] 43 DR . JOHNSON .
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... common topick of con- versation in London at this time , wherever I hap- pened to be . At one of Lord Mansfield's formal Sun- day evening conversations , strangely called Levées , his Lordship addressed me , " We have all been reading ...
... common topick of con- versation in London at this time , wherever I hap- pened to be . At one of Lord Mansfield's formal Sun- day evening conversations , strangely called Levées , his Lordship addressed me , " We have all been reading ...
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... . " He made the common remark on the unhappiness which men who have led a busy life experience , when they retire in expectation of enjoying themselves at ease , and that they generally languish for want of 62 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
... . " He made the common remark on the unhappiness which men who have led a busy life experience , when they retire in expectation of enjoying themselves at ease , and that they generally languish for want of 62 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
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