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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... instance , was the result of philosophical and religious consideration . He feared death , but he feared nothing else , not even what might occasion death . Many instances of his re- 1 I have deposited it in the British Museum ...
... instance , was the result of philosophical and religious consideration . He feared death , but he feared nothing else , not even what might occasion death . Many instances of his re- 1 I have deposited it in the British Museum ...
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... instances with a seeming regard for the benefit of the inhabitants , and the ornament of the country . His remarks on the want of trees and hedges for shade , as well as for shelter to the cattle , are well founded , and merit the ...
... instances with a seeming regard for the benefit of the inhabitants , and the ornament of the country . His remarks on the want of trees and hedges for shade , as well as for shelter to the cattle , are well founded , and merit the ...
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... instance of Scottish nation- ality , which made a very unfavourable impression upon his mind . A Scotchman of some consideration in London , solicited him to recommend by the weight of his learned authority , to be master of an English ...
... instance of Scottish nation- ality , which made a very unfavourable impression upon his mind . A Scotchman of some consideration in London , solicited him to recommend by the weight of his learned authority , to be master of an English ...
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... libertas 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 .
... libertas 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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... instances of ani- madversion which I communicated to him , and from what I could judge , both from his silence and his looks , appeared to me to impress him much . was , One ... instance was a paragraph of a letter to 44 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
... instances of ani- madversion which I communicated to him , and from what I could judge , both from his silence and his looks , appeared to me to impress him much . was , One ... instance was a paragraph of a letter to 44 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
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