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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... first We then walked to the Pantheon . view of it did not ftrike us fo much as Ranelagh , of which he faid , the " coup d'oeil was the finest thing he had ever seen . " The truth is , Ranelagh is of a more beautiful form ; more of it ...
... first We then walked to the Pantheon . view of it did not ftrike us fo much as Ranelagh , of which he faid , the " coup d'oeil was the finest thing he had ever seen . " The truth is , Ranelagh is of a more beautiful form ; more of it ...
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... First . He had a mixture of learning , of wit , and of buf- foonery . He first travelled through Europe , and published his travels . He afterwards travelled on foot through Afia , and had made many remarks ; but he died at Mandoa , and ...
... First . He had a mixture of learning , of wit , and of buf- foonery . He first travelled through Europe , and published his travels . He afterwards travelled on foot through Afia , and had made many remarks ; but he died at Mandoa , and ...
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... first large circles , or clans ; as com- merce incréafes , the connection is confined to fa- milies . By degrees , that too goes off , as having become unneceffary , and there being few opportu nities of intercourse . One brother is a ...
... first large circles , or clans ; as com- merce incréafes , the connection is confined to fa- milies . By degrees , that too goes off , as having become unneceffary , and there being few opportu nities of intercourse . One brother is a ...
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... first , Sir , what would you do if you were affronted ? " I answered I fhould think it neceffary to fight . Why then ( replied Goldsmith , ) that folves the question . " JOHNSON . " No , Sir , it does not folve the question . It does ...
... first , Sir , what would you do if you were affronted ? " I answered I fhould think it neceffary to fight . Why then ( replied Goldsmith , ) that folves the question . " JOHNSON . " No , Sir , it does not folve the question . It does ...
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... first define what you mean by ftyle , before you can judge who has a good taste in ftyle , and who has a bad . The two claffes of perfons whom you don't differ as to good and bad . that Swift has a good neat ftyle ; have mentioned They ...
... first define what you mean by ftyle , before you can judge who has a good taste in ftyle , and who has a bad . The two claffes of perfons whom you don't differ as to good and bad . that Swift has a good neat ftyle ; have mentioned They ...
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