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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... character and achievements . In the second class we have Marcus Antoninus : this writer has given us a series of reflections on his own life ; but his senti- ments are so noble , his morality so sublime , that his meditations are ...
... character and achievements . In the second class we have Marcus Antoninus : this writer has given us a series of reflections on his own life ; but his senti- ments are so noble , his morality so sublime , that his meditations are ...
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... character , set me right , I now with pleasure retract it ; and I desire it may be particularly observed , as pointed out by him to me , that The new lives of dissenting Divines , in the first four volumes of the second edition of the ...
... character , set me right , I now with pleasure retract it ; and I desire it may be particularly observed , as pointed out by him to me , that The new lives of dissenting Divines , in the first four volumes of the second edition of the ...
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... character of his family : he was a genteel man , but did not keep up the dignity of his rank . He was so generally civil , that nobody thank- ed him for it . " " Did we not hear so much said of Jack Wilkes , we should think more highly ...
... character of his family : he was a genteel man , but did not keep up the dignity of his rank . He was so generally civil , that nobody thank- ed him for it . " " Did we not hear so much said of Jack Wilkes , we should think more highly ...
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... characters , and touch the noblest pas- sions , has very respectable powers ; and mankind have agreed in admiring great talents for the stage . We must consider , too , that a great player does what very few are capable to do : his art ...
... characters , and touch the noblest pas- sions , has very respectable powers ; and mankind have agreed in admiring great talents for the stage . We must consider , too , that a great player does what very few are capable to do : his art ...
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... character , but proceeded thus : - " Sir , I was very intimate with that gentleman , and was once relieved by him from an arrest ; but I never was present when he was arrested , never knew that he was arrested , and I believe he never ...
... character , but proceeded thus : - " Sir , I was very intimate with that gentleman , and was once relieved by him from an arrest ; but I never was present when he was arrested , never knew that he was arrested , and I believe he never ...
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