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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... opinions , from which , perhaps , no pious mind is wholly disengaged , of local sanctity and local de- votion . You know what strange effects they have produced over a great part of the Christian world . I am now writing , and you ...
... opinions , from which , perhaps , no pious mind is wholly disengaged , of local sanctity and local de- votion . You know what strange effects they have produced over a great part of the Christian world . I am now writing , and you ...
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... opinion that he owed not less than two thousand pounds . Was ever poet so trusted before ? " You may , if you please , put the inscription thus : • Maria Scotorum Regina nata 15- , a suis in exilium acta 15- , ab hospitâ neci data 15 ...
... opinion that he owed not less than two thousand pounds . Was ever poet so trusted before ? " You may , if you please , put the inscription thus : • Maria Scotorum Regina nata 15- , a suis in exilium acta 15- , ab hospitâ neci data 15 ...
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... opinion that our government has been precipitant and severe in the resolutions taken against the Bostonians . Well do you know that I have no kindness for that race . But nations , or bodies of men , should , as well as individuals ...
... opinion that our government has been precipitant and severe in the resolutions taken against the Bostonians . Well do you know that I have no kindness for that race . But nations , or bodies of men , should , as well as individuals ...
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... opinion is , I do not know . He says , I am singularly obliged to Dr. Johnson for his accurate and useful criticisms . Had he given some strictures on the general plan of the work , it would have added much to his favours . ' He is ...
... opinion is , I do not know . He says , I am singularly obliged to Dr. Johnson for his accurate and useful criticisms . Had he given some strictures on the general plan of the work , it would have added much to his favours . ' He is ...
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... opinion I have given my reasons to the publick , which I here dare you to refute . Your rage I defy . Your abilities , since your Homer , are not so formidable ; and what I hear of your morals inclines me to pay regard not to what you ...
... opinion I have given my reasons to the publick , which I here dare you to refute . Your rage I defy . Your abilities , since your Homer , are not so formidable ; and what I hear of your morals inclines me to pay regard not to what you ...
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