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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... confequently knowledge is not generally diffused . Knowledge is diffused among our people by the news - papers . " Sir Adam mentioned the orators , poets , and artists of Greece . Greece . JOHNSON . " Sir , I am talking 26 THE LIFE OF.
... confequently knowledge is not generally diffused . Knowledge is diffused among our people by the news - papers . " Sir Adam mentioned the orators , poets , and artists of Greece . Greece . JOHNSON . " Sir , I am talking 26 THE LIFE OF.
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... mentioned a caufe in which I had appeared as counsel at the bar of the General Affembly of the Church of Scotland , where a Probationer , ( as one licensed to preach , but not yet ordained , is called , ) was opposed in his application ...
... mentioned a caufe in which I had appeared as counsel at the bar of the General Affembly of the Church of Scotland , where a Probationer , ( as one licensed to preach , but not yet ordained , is called , ) was opposed in his application ...
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... mentioned , Johnson exclaimed , " he was a blockhead ; " and upon my expreffing my astonishment at so strange an assertion , he said , " What I mean by his being a blockhead is , that he was a barren rafcal . " BOSWELL . " Will you not ...
... mentioned , Johnson exclaimed , " he was a blockhead ; " and upon my expreffing my astonishment at so strange an assertion , he said , " What I mean by his being a blockhead is , that he was a barren rafcal . " BOSWELL . " Will you not ...
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... mentioned . Johnson faid , this book was an imitation of Sterne † , and not of Coriat , whose name Paterfon had chofen as a whim- fical one . " Tom Coriat , ( faid he , ) was a hu- mourist about the court of James the First . He had a ...
... mentioned . Johnson faid , this book was an imitation of Sterne † , and not of Coriat , whose name Paterfon had chofen as a whim- fical one . " Tom Coriat , ( faid he , ) was a hu- mourist about the court of James the First . He had a ...
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... mentioned . BOSWELL . " Pray , Sir , what did he fay was the appearance ? " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , fomething of a fhadowy being . " I mentioned witches , and asked him what they properly meant . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , they properly ...
... mentioned . BOSWELL . " Pray , Sir , what did he fay was the appearance ? " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , fomething of a fhadowy being . " I mentioned witches , and asked him what they properly meant . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , they properly ...
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