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 91
... pleased , and now talked in such a manner of his long - in- tended tour , that I was fatisfied he meant to fulfil his engagement . The custom of eating dogs at Otaheite being mentioned , Goldsmith obferved , that this was also a custom ...
... pleased , and now talked in such a manner of his long - in- tended tour , that I was fatisfied he meant to fulfil his engagement . The custom of eating dogs at Otaheite being mentioned , Goldsmith obferved , that this was also a custom ...
Page 93
... pleased to grant .'- No modern flattery , however , is fo grofs as that of the Auguftan age , where the Emperour was deified . Præfens Divus habebitur Auguftus . ' And as to meannefs , ( rifing into warmth , ) how is it mean in a player ...
... pleased to grant .'- No modern flattery , however , is fo grofs as that of the Auguftan age , where the Emperour was deified . Præfens Divus habebitur Auguftus . ' And as to meannefs , ( rifing into warmth , ) how is it mean in a player ...
Page 131
... pleased to honour it by a very extensive circulation , I beg leave to refer , as to a separate and remarkable portion of his life , which may be there feen in detail , and which exhi- bits as ftriking a view of his powers in converfa ...
... pleased to honour it by a very extensive circulation , I beg leave to refer , as to a separate and remarkable portion of his life , which may be there feen in detail , and which exhi- bits as ftriking a view of his powers in converfa ...
Page 136
... pleased to honour me with very high praise of my " Life of Dr. Johnson . " To have the fame my illuftrious friend and his faithful biographer echoed from the New World is extremely flattering ; and my grateful acknowledgements shall be ...
... pleased to honour me with very high praise of my " Life of Dr. Johnson . " To have the fame my illuftrious friend and his faithful biographer echoed from the New World is extremely flattering ; and my grateful acknowledgements shall be ...
Page 151
... pleased to keep in mind , that my picture is a reprefentation of a particular scene in her history ; her being forced to refign her crown , while fhe was imprifoned in the caftle of Lochlevin . I muft , therefore , beg that you will be ...
... pleased to keep in mind , that my picture is a reprefentation of a particular scene in her history ; her being forced to refign her crown , while fhe was imprifoned in the caftle of Lochlevin . I muft , therefore , beg that you will be ...
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