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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... whose History we find fuch penetration - fuch painting ? " JOHNSON . " Sir , you must confider how that penetration and that painting are em- ployed . It is not hiftory , it is imagination . He who defcribes what he never faw , draws ...
... whose History we find fuch penetration - fuch painting ? " JOHNSON . " Sir , you must confider how that penetration and that painting are em- ployed . It is not hiftory , it is imagination . He who defcribes what he never faw , draws ...
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... whose practice was not fuitable to his principles , fo that his character might injure the effect of his book , which he had written in a season of penitence . Or he may have been a man of rigid felf - denial , fo that he would have no ...
... whose practice was not fuitable to his principles , fo that his character might injure the effect of his book , which he had written in a season of penitence . Or he may have been a man of rigid felf - denial , fo that he would have no ...
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... whose vote and influ- ence he has been overpowered . He will hate his neighbour for oppofing him , and his minister for having profpered by the oppofition ; and as he will never see him but with pain , he will never see him but with ...
... whose vote and influ- ence he has been overpowered . He will hate his neighbour for oppofing him , and his minister for having profpered by the oppofition ; and as he will never see him but with pain , he will never see him but with ...
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... whose characters he knew beft , they afforded him the best opportunity for showing the acuteness of his judge- ment . " He expreffed to his friend Mr. Windham of Norfolk , his wonder at the extreme jealousy of the Scotch , and their ...
... whose characters he knew beft , they afforded him the best opportunity for showing the acuteness of his judge- ment . " He expreffed to his friend Mr. Windham of Norfolk , his wonder at the extreme jealousy of the Scotch , and their ...
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... whose extraordinary travels had been much the fubject of conversation . But I found that he had not listened to him with that full confidence , without which there is little fatisfaction in the fo- ciety of travellers . I was curious to ...
... whose extraordinary travels had been much the fubject of conversation . But I found that he had not listened to him with that full confidence , without which there is little fatisfaction in the fo- ciety of travellers . I was curious to ...
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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