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 50
... allow a man to drink for that reafon ? " JOHNSON . Yes , Sir , if he fat next you . " Ærat : 63 . I expreffed a liking for Mr. Francis Ofborn's works , and asked him what he thought of that writer . He answered , " A conceited fellow ...
... allow a man to drink for that reafon ? " JOHNSON . Yes , Sir , if he fat next you . " Ærat : 63 . I expreffed a liking for Mr. Francis Ofborn's works , and asked him what he thought of that writer . He answered , " A conceited fellow ...
Page 51
... allow Scotland to derive any credit from Lord Mansfield ; for he was educated in Eng- land . “ Much ( faid he , ) may be made of a Scotch- man , if he be caught young . ' Talking of a modern hiftorian and a modern moralift , he faid ...
... allow Scotland to derive any credit from Lord Mansfield ; for he was educated in Eng- land . “ Much ( faid he , ) may be made of a Scotch- man , if he be caught young . ' Talking of a modern hiftorian and a modern moralift , he faid ...
Page 67
... he would not have been allowed to publish it . He has , in- deed , done it very well ; but it is a foolish thing well F 2 done . 1773 . Etat . 64 . done . I fuppofe DR . JOHNSON . 69 On Saturday, April 3, the day after my ...
... he would not have been allowed to publish it . He has , in- deed , done it very well ; but it is a foolish thing well F 2 done . 1773 . Etat . 64 . done . I fuppofe DR . JOHNSON . 69 On Saturday, April 3, the day after my ...
Page 69
... allowed the merit of good wit to his Lordship's faying of Lord Tyrawley and himself , when both very old and infirm : " Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years ; but we don't choose to have it known . " He talked with approbation ...
... allowed the merit of good wit to his Lordship's faying of Lord Tyrawley and himself , when both very old and infirm : " Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years ; but we don't choose to have it known . " He talked with approbation ...
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... allowed , because one man can attend it ; and thus the advantage is obtained of not keeping fervants from church to drefs dinners . " April 11 , being Eafter - Sunday , after having at- tended Divine Service at St. Paul's , I repaired ...
... allowed , because one man can attend it ; and thus the advantage is obtained of not keeping fervants from church to drefs dinners . " April 11 , being Eafter - Sunday , after having at- tended Divine Service at St. Paul's , I repaired ...
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