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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... once a year to the fountain of intelligence and pleasure , is very natural ; but both information and pleasure must he regulated by propriety . Plea- sure , which cannot be obtained but by unseasonable or unsuitable expense , must ...
... once a year to the fountain of intelligence and pleasure , is very natural ; but both information and pleasure must he regulated by propriety . Plea- sure , which cannot be obtained but by unseasonable or unsuitable expense , must ...
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... once drowned ; ' I hope , therefore , that the story is either wantonly or erroneously told . Pray satisfy me by the next post . " I have printed two hundred and forty pages . I am able to do nothing much worth doing to dear Lord ...
... once drowned ; ' I hope , therefore , that the story is either wantonly or erroneously told . Pray satisfy me by the next post . " I have printed two hundred and forty pages . I am able to do nothing much worth doing to dear Lord ...
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... once honour his spirit , and lament that it should be so grievously clogged by its material tegument . It is remarkable , that he was very fond of the precision which calcula- tion produces . Thus we find in one of his manuscript ...
... once honour his spirit , and lament that it should be so grievously clogged by its material tegument . It is remarkable , that he was very fond of the precision which calcula- tion produces . Thus we find in one of his manuscript ...
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... once signified a wish to have his pension secured to him for his life ; but he neither asked nor received from government any re- ward whatsoever for his political labours . On Friday , March 24 , I met him at the LITERARY CLUB , where ...
... once signified a wish to have his pension secured to him for his life ; but he neither asked nor received from government any re- ward whatsoever for his political labours . On Friday , March 24 , I met him at the LITERARY CLUB , where ...
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... once you have thought of big men and little men , it is very easy to do all the rest . " I endeavoured to make a stand for Swift , and tried to rouse those who were much more able to . defend him ; but in vain . Johnson at last , of his ...
... once you have thought of big men and little men , it is very easy to do all the rest . " I endeavoured to make a stand for Swift , and tried to rouse those who were much more able to . defend him ; but in vain . Johnson at last , of his ...
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