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 312
... Italy with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale . " But , ( faid he , ) before leaving England I am to take a jaunt to Oxford , Birmingham , my native city Lichfield , and my old friend , Dr. Taylor's , at Afh- bourn , in Derbyshire . I fhall go in a ...
... Italy with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale . " But , ( faid he , ) before leaving England I am to take a jaunt to Oxford , Birmingham , my native city Lichfield , and my old friend , Dr. Taylor's , at Afh- bourn , in Derbyshire . I fhall go in a ...
Page 318
... Italy , as he had to cross the Alps , fat down to make himself wings . This many people would believe ; but it would be a picture of nothing . ******* ( naming a worthy friend of ours , ) used to think aftory , a story , till I fhewed ...
... Italy , as he had to cross the Alps , fat down to make himself wings . This many people would believe ; but it would be a picture of nothing . ******* ( naming a worthy friend of ours , ) used to think aftory , a story , till I fhewed ...
Page 364
... Italian expedition . - We lay this night at Lough- borough . Ætat . 67 . On Thursday , March 28 , we pursued our jour- ney . I mentioned that old Mr. Sheridan com- plained of the ingratitude of Mr. Wedderburne and General Frafer , who ...
... Italian expedition . - We lay this night at Lough- borough . Ætat . 67 . On Thursday , March 28 , we pursued our jour- ney . I mentioned that old Mr. Sheridan com- plained of the ingratitude of Mr. Wedderburne and General Frafer , who ...
Page 368
... Italian mafter , to Bath . fhewing the attention which might have been ex- pected to the " Guide , Philofopher , and ... Italy with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale fhould take place , of which he had entertained fome doubt , on account of the lofs ...
... Italian mafter , to Bath . fhewing the attention which might have been ex- pected to the " Guide , Philofopher , and ... Italy with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale fhould take place , of which he had entertained fome doubt , on account of the lofs ...
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