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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... , while they were yet in the field , jeftingly asked him where was his prophecy now . Pendergraft gravely answered , " I shall die , not- withstanding 1 Soon afterwards , 4 Sir withstanding what you fee 38 THE LIFE OF.
... , while they were yet in the field , jeftingly asked him where was his prophecy now . Pendergraft gravely answered , " I shall die , not- withstanding 1 Soon afterwards , 4 Sir withstanding what you fee 38 THE LIFE OF.
Page 50
... asked him what he thought of that writer . He answered , " A conceited fellow . Were a man to write fo now , the boys would throw ftones at him . " He however did not alter my opinion of a favourite authour , to whom I was first ...
... asked him what he thought of that writer . He answered , " A conceited fellow . Were a man to write fo now , the boys would throw ftones at him . " He however did not alter my opinion of a favourite authour , to whom I was first ...
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... asked him if Dr. Goldsmith had written it , with an air that made him fee I fufpected it was his , though fubfcribed by Goldfmith . JOHNSON . " Sir , Dr. Goldsmith would no more have asked me to write fuch a thing as that for him , than ...
... asked him if Dr. Goldsmith had written it , with an air that made him fee I fufpected it was his , though fubfcribed by Goldfmith . JOHNSON . " Sir , Dr. Goldsmith would no more have asked me to write fuch a thing as that for him , than ...
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... asked me to dine with him on Eafter - day . I never fuppofed that he had a dinner at his houfe ; for I had not then heard of any one of his friends having been entertained at his table . He told me , He told me , " I generally have a ...
... asked me to dine with him on Eafter - day . I never fuppofed that he had a dinner at his houfe ; for I had not then heard of any one of his friends having been entertained at his table . He told me , He told me , " I generally have a ...
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... asked Fitzherbert to go with him , but told him , " You must find somebody to bring you back : I can only carry you there . " Fitzherbert did not much like this arrangement . He however , confented , obferving farcaftically , It will do ...
... asked Fitzherbert to go with him , but told him , " You must find somebody to bring you back : I can only carry you there . " Fitzherbert did not much like this arrangement . He however , confented , obferving farcaftically , It will do ...
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