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 43
... True , Sir ; but if a man is to stand forward , he should wish to do it not in an aukward posture , not in rags , not fo as that he fhall only be expofed to ridicule . " BOSWELL . " For my part , I like very well to hear honeft ...
... True , Sir ; but if a man is to stand forward , he should wish to do it not in an aukward posture , not in rags , not fo as that he fhall only be expofed to ridicule . " BOSWELL . " For my part , I like very well to hear honeft ...
Page 45
... if the herself had been prefent ; when the fact is that it was communicated to her by me . She has represented it as a perfonality , and the true point has escaped her . abused . L 1772 . Etat . 63 . abused . A DR . JOHNSON . 45.
... if the herself had been prefent ; when the fact is that it was communicated to her by me . She has represented it as a perfonality , and the true point has escaped her . abused . L 1772 . Etat . 63 . abused . A DR . JOHNSON . 45.
Page 55
... true , will by no means juftify an occasional and arbitrary relaxation of the law . The end of law is protection as well as vengeance . Indeed , vengeance is never used but to strengthen protection . That society only is well governed ...
... true , will by no means juftify an occasional and arbitrary relaxation of the law . The end of law is protection as well as vengeance . Indeed , vengeance is never used but to strengthen protection . That society only is well governed ...
Page 68
... true without their being raf- cals . " JOHNSON . " Confider , Sir ; would any of them have been willing to have had it known that they intrigued with France ? Depend upon it , Sir , he who does what he is afraid fhould be known , has ...
... true without their being raf- cals . " JOHNSON . " Confider , Sir ; would any of them have been willing to have had it known that they intrigued with France ? Depend upon it , Sir , he who does what he is afraid fhould be known , has ...
Page 70
... true Whig , arguing against giving charity to beggars , and throwing out other fuch ungracious fentiments but that he had thought better , and made amends by making him found an hofpital for decayed farm- ers . " He called for the ...
... true Whig , arguing against giving charity to beggars , and throwing out other fuch ungracious fentiments but that he had thought better , and made amends by making him found an hofpital for decayed farm- ers . " He called for the ...
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