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 78
... wisdom , power , and force , fo as to enable one man to have the government of others ; but that a man is not in any degree lessened by others knowing as well as he what 1773 . what ends in mere pleasure : -eating fine 78 THE LIFE OF.
... wisdom , power , and force , fo as to enable one man to have the government of others ; but that a man is not in any degree lessened by others knowing as well as he what 1773 . what ends in mere pleasure : -eating fine 78 THE LIFE OF.
Page 79
... pleasure : -eating fine fruits , drinking delicious wines , reading exquifite poetry . Etat . 64 . The General obferved , that Martinelli was a Whig . JOHNSON . " I am forry for it . It fhows the spirit of the times : he is obliged to ...
... pleasure : -eating fine fruits , drinking delicious wines , reading exquifite poetry . Etat . 64 . The General obferved , that Martinelli was a Whig . JOHNSON . " I am forry for it . It fhows the spirit of the times : he is obliged to ...
Page 129
... pleasure from our intended tour . To JAMES BOSWELL , Efq . " DEAR SIR , " I SHALL fet out from London on Friday the fixth of this month , and purpose not to loiter much by the way . Which day I shall be at Edin- burgh , I cannot exactly ...
... pleasure from our intended tour . To JAMES BOSWELL , Efq . " DEAR SIR , " I SHALL fet out from London on Friday the fixth of this month , and purpose not to loiter much by the way . Which day I shall be at Edin- burgh , I cannot exactly ...
Page 131
... pleasure of accompanying him during the whole of this journey . He was refpect- fully entertained by the great , the learned , and the elegant , wherever he went ; nor was he lefs de- lighted with the hospitality which he experienced in ...
... pleasure of accompanying him during the whole of this journey . He was refpect- fully entertained by the great , the learned , and the elegant , wherever he went ; nor was he lefs de- lighted with the hospitality which he experienced in ...
Page 139
... pleasure of a more fre- quent correfpondence with him . To JAMES BOSWELL , Esq . " DEAR SIR , " MY operations have been hindered by a cough ; at least I flatter myself , that if my cough had not come , I should have been further ...
... pleasure of a more fre- quent correfpondence with him . To JAMES BOSWELL , Esq . " DEAR SIR , " MY operations have been hindered by a cough ; at least I flatter myself , that if my cough had not come , I should have been further ...
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