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, Band 4C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 |
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... believe it the less to be mine for what I said ; but I would not put it in his power to say I had owned it . ” He praised Blair's sermons : " Yet , " said he , ( wil- ling to let us see he was aware that fashionable fame , however ...
... believe it the less to be mine for what I said ; but I would not put it in his power to say I had owned it . ” He praised Blair's sermons : " Yet , " said he , ( wil- ling to let us see he was aware that fashionable fame , however ...
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... believe can be done . For instance ; in the passage which Lord Monboddo admires , ' We were now treading that illustrious region , ' the word il- lustrious contributes nothing to the mere narration ; for the fact might be told without ...
... believe can be done . For instance ; in the passage which Lord Monboddo admires , ' We were now treading that illustrious region , ' the word il- lustrious contributes nothing to the mere narration ; for the fact might be told without ...
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... believe it , though we had the attestation of the gardener , who said , he had put in corks , where the river Manyfold sinks into the ground , and had catched them in a net , placed before one of the openings where the water burst out ...
... believe it , though we had the attestation of the gardener , who said , he had put in corks , where the river Manyfold sinks into the ground , and had catched them in a net , placed before one of the openings where the water burst out ...
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... believe Campbell would be such a damned scoundrel , as to do so damned a thing . " His emphasis on damned , accompanied with frowning looks , reproved his opponent's want of decorum in his presence . Talking of the danger of being ...
... believe Campbell would be such a damned scoundrel , as to do so damned a thing . " His emphasis on damned , accompanied with frowning looks , reproved his opponent's want of decorum in his presence . Talking of the danger of being ...
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... believe all his audience , with such feelings as were produced by some of the most eminent orations of antiquity . This testimony I liberally give to the excellence of an old friend , with whom it has been my lot to differ very widely ...
... believe all his audience , with such feelings as were produced by some of the most eminent orations of antiquity . This testimony I liberally give to the excellence of an old friend , with whom it has been my lot to differ very widely ...
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