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 191
... last there came out a fcurrilous volume , larger than Johnson's own , filled with malignant abuse , under a name , real or fictitious , of fome low man in an obfcure corner of Scotland , though fuppofed to be the work of an- other ...
... last there came out a fcurrilous volume , larger than Johnson's own , filled with malignant abuse , under a name , real or fictitious , of fome low man in an obfcure corner of Scotland , though fuppofed to be the work of an- other ...
Page 194
... last promised to send two dozen to you . If they come , put the names of my friends into them ; you may cut them out , and paste them with a little starch in the book . " You then are going wild about Offian . Why do you think any part ...
... last promised to send two dozen to you . If they come , put the names of my friends into them ; you may cut them out , and paste them with a little starch in the book . " You then are going wild about Offian . Why do you think any part ...
Page 200
... last of these proof pages . His pamphlets in fupport of the measures of ad- ministration were published on his own account , and he afterwards collected them into a volume , with the title of " Political Tracts , by the Authour of the ...
... last of these proof pages . His pamphlets in fupport of the measures of ad- ministration were published on his own account , and he afterwards collected them into a volume , with the title of " Political Tracts , by the Authour of the ...
Page 221
... last refuge of a scoundrel . " But ler it be confidered , that he did not mean a real and generous love of our country , but that pretended patriotifm which so many , in all ages and countries , have made a cloak for self - interest . I ...
... last refuge of a scoundrel . " But ler it be confidered , that he did not mean a real and generous love of our country , but that pretended patriotifm which so many , in all ages and countries , have made a cloak for self - interest . I ...
Page 225
... last carried off by a violent fever , which is often fatal at any period of life . VOL . II . a you 1775 . tat . 66 , 1775 . Etat . 65 . 1 you must settle DR . JOHNSON . 225 He urged General Oglethorpe to give the world ...
... last carried off by a violent fever , which is often fatal at any period of life . VOL . II . a you 1775 . tat . 66 , 1775 . Etat . 65 . 1 you must settle DR . JOHNSON . 225 He urged General Oglethorpe to give the world ...
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Ætat againſt anſwer aſked Atat authour becauſe BENNET LANGTON beſt cafe cauſe confequence confider confiderable converfation DEAR SIR defire dined Engliſh eſtabliſhed Etat expreffed faid fame feemed feen fend fent fhall fhewed fhould firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftate ftill fubject fuch fuppofe fure Garrick gentleman GOLDSMITH happineſs Hebrides himſelf hiſtory honour houfe houſe humble fervant inftance JAMES BOSWELL JOHNSON juſt lady laft Langton laſt leaſt lefs letter Lichfield London Lord Hailes Lord Monboddo mentioned mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion paffage paffed perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure prefent preferved publick publiſhed puniſhment queſtion reaſon refpect ſaid SAMUEL JOHNSON ſay Scotland ſee ſeems ſeen ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſmall ſome ſpeak ſtate talked tell themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought Thrale tion told univerfally uſed vifit whofe wiſh write yourſelf