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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... writing came to be considered in a pecuniary view .. Baretti says , he is the first man that ever received copy - money in Italy . " I said that I would endeavour to do what Dr. Johnson suggested ; and I thought that I might write so as ...
... writing came to be considered in a pecuniary view .. Baretti says , he is the first man that ever received copy - money in Italy . " I said that I would endeavour to do what Dr. Johnson suggested ; and I thought that I might write so as ...
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... writing . " But , sir ( said I ) , you contributed to the deception ; for when Mr. Sew- ard expressed a doubt to you that it was not Dodd's own , because it had a great deal more force of mind in it than any thing known to be his , you ...
... writing . " But , sir ( said I ) , you contributed to the deception ; for when Mr. Sew- ard expressed a doubt to you that it was not Dodd's own , because it had a great deal more force of mind in it than any thing known to be his , you ...
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... writer has given us a series of reflections on his own life ; but his senti- ments are so noble , his morality so sublime , that bis meditations are universally admired . In the third class we have some others of tolerable credit , who ...
... writer has given us a series of reflections on his own life ; but his senti- ments are so noble , his morality so sublime , that bis meditations are universally admired . In the third class we have some others of tolerable credit , who ...
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... writing ; and although my friend Dr. Kippis1 has hitherto discharged the task judiciously , distinctly , and with more impartiality than might have been expected from a Separatist , it were to have been wished that the superintendence ...
... writing ; and although my friend Dr. Kippis1 has hitherto discharged the task judiciously , distinctly , and with more impartiality than might have been expected from a Separatist , it were to have been wished that the superintendence ...
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... write like Johnson ( as , indeed , who could ? ) did not sometimes compose sermons as good as those which we generally have from very re- spectable divines . He shewed me one with notes on the margin in Johnson's hand - writing ; and I ...
... write like Johnson ( as , indeed , who could ? ) did not sometimes compose sermons as good as those which we generally have from very re- spectable divines . He shewed me one with notes on the margin in Johnson's hand - writing ; and I ...
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