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. In Three VolumesHenry Baldwin, 1793 |
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Page 58
... shall prevent the evil against which it is directed . It is , fecondly , neceffary that the end of the law be of fuch im- portance , as to deserve the security of a penal fanc- tion . The other conditions of a penal law , which though ...
... shall prevent the evil against which it is directed . It is , fecondly , neceffary that the end of the law be of fuch im- portance , as to deserve the security of a penal fanc- tion . The other conditions of a penal law , which though ...
Page 71
... shall forget the tremulous earneftness with which he pronounced the aweful petition in the Litany : " In the hour of death , and at the day of judgement , good LORD deliver us , " " We went to church both in the morning and evening . In ...
... shall forget the tremulous earneftness with which he pronounced the aweful petition in the Litany : " In the hour of death , and at the day of judgement , good LORD deliver us , " " We went to church both in the morning and evening . In ...
Page 92
... copy from the bookfellers . I will get you ( to Johnson , ) a hun- dred guineas for any thing whatever that you shall write , if you put your name to it . " Dr. Dr. Goldsmith's new play , " She stoops to con- 92 THE LIFE OF.
... copy from the bookfellers . I will get you ( to Johnson , ) a hun- dred guineas for any thing whatever that you shall write , if you put your name to it . " Dr. Dr. Goldsmith's new play , " She stoops to con- 92 THE LIFE OF.
Page 100
... shall know , And on the lunar world fecurely pry . " . Talking of puns , Johnfon , who had a great contempt for that fpecies of wit , deigned to allow that there was one good pun in " Menagiana , " I think on the word corps . Much ...
... shall know , And on the lunar world fecurely pry . " . Talking of puns , Johnfon , who had a great contempt for that fpecies of wit , deigned to allow that there was one good pun in " Menagiana , " I think on the word corps . Much ...
Page 113
... shall pull me in , than that I fhall pull him out , I would not at- tempt it . So were I to go to Turkey , I might wish to convert the Grand Signor to the Chriftian faith ; but when I confidered that I should pro- bably be put to death ...
... shall pull me in , than that I fhall pull him out , I would not at- tempt it . So were I to go to Turkey , I might wish to convert the Grand Signor to the Chriftian faith ; but when I confidered that I should pro- bably be put to death ...
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