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 64
... has fo little of his manner , that I did not believe he had any hand in it , till I was fatisfied of the fact by the authority of Mr. Bell . and valuable additions to Dr. Johnfon's work , he justly 6 and 64 THE LIFE OF tr ...
... has fo little of his manner , that I did not believe he had any hand in it , till I was fatisfied of the fact by the authority of Mr. Bell . and valuable additions to Dr. Johnfon's work , he justly 6 and 64 THE LIFE OF tr ...
Page 69
... hand thus , because he is a brute ; and in proportion as men are removed from brutes , action will have the lefs influence upon them . " MRS . THRALE . " What then , Sir , becomes of Demofthenes's faying ? ' Action , action , action ...
... hand thus , because he is a brute ; and in proportion as men are removed from brutes , action will have the lefs influence upon them . " MRS . THRALE . " What then , Sir , becomes of Demofthenes's faying ? ' Action , action , action ...
Page 83
... hand the speeches in parliament with perfect exactness . JOHNSON . " Sir , it is im- poffible . I remember one Angel , who came to me to write for him a Preface or Dedication to a book upon short hand , and he profeffed to write as fast ...
... hand the speeches in parliament with perfect exactness . JOHNSON . " Sir , it is im- poffible . I remember one Angel , who came to me to write for him a Preface or Dedication to a book upon short hand , and he profeffed to write as fast ...
Page 93
... hand , a character beyond what I thought really true ; but a speech on the stage , let it flatter ever fo extravagantly , is formular . It has always been formular to flatter Kings and Queens ; fo much fo , that even in our church ...
... hand , a character beyond what I thought really true ; but a speech on the stage , let it flatter ever fo extravagantly , is formular . It has always been formular to flatter Kings and Queens ; fo much fo , that even in our church ...
Page 103
... church is now in the hands of the heirs of the builders ; and that the present perfons have entered fubfequently upon the pretended rights by a thousand accidental H 4 and 1773 . Etat . 64 . true . and unknown DR . JOHNSON . 153.
... church is now in the hands of the heirs of the builders ; and that the present perfons have entered fubfequently upon the pretended rights by a thousand accidental H 4 and 1773 . Etat . 64 . true . and unknown DR . JOHNSON . 153.
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