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 4J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... called taking an air bath ; after which he went to bed again , and slept two hours more . Johnson , who was always ready to beat down any thing that seemed to be exhibited with disproportionate importance , thus observed : " I suppose ...
... called taking an air bath ; after which he went to bed again , and slept two hours more . Johnson , who was always ready to beat down any thing that seemed to be exhibited with disproportionate importance , thus observed : " I suppose ...
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... called Quakers , a physician of some eminence in Dublin , and authour of several works . This Diary , which was kept from 1753 to 1775 , the year in which he died , and was now published in two volumes octavo , exhibited in the ...
... called Quakers , a physician of some eminence in Dublin , and authour of several works . This Diary , which was kept from 1753 to 1775 , the year in which he died , and was now published in two volumes octavo , exhibited in the ...
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... called to our bar . I was told , by a very sensible lawyer , that there are a great many chances against any man's success in the profession of the law ; the candidates are so numerous , and those who get large practice so few . He said ...
... called to our bar . I was told , by a very sensible lawyer , that there are a great many chances against any man's success in the profession of the law ; the candidates are so numerous , and those who get large practice so few . He said ...
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... called this " modern cant . " I perceived that he pronounced the word heard , as if spelt with a double e , heerd , instead of sounding it herd , as is most usually done . ' He said , his reason was , that if it were pronounced herd ...
... called this " modern cant . " I perceived that he pronounced the word heard , as if spelt with a double e , heerd , instead of sounding it herd , as is most usually done . ' He said , his reason was , that if it were pronounced herd ...
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... called for soldiers from the mountains of the north , " and numbers of brave Highlanders were going abroad , never to return . Whereas the airs in " The Beg- gar's Opera , " many of which are very soft 38 [ 1777 . THE LIFE OF.
... called for soldiers from the mountains of the north , " and numbers of brave Highlanders were going abroad , never to return . Whereas the airs in " The Beg- gar's Opera , " many of which are very soft 38 [ 1777 . THE LIFE OF.
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