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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... 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 sentiments are so noble , his morality so sub- lime , 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 sentiments are so noble , his morality so sub- lime , 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 ...
... 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 ...
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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 thanked him for it . " " Did we not hear so much said of Jack Wilkes , we should think more highly of ...
... 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 thanked him for it . " " Did we not hear so much said of Jack Wilkes , we should think more highly of ...
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... characters , and touch the noblest passions , 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 is ...
... characters , and touch the noblest passions , 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 is ...
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... character , but proceeded thus : - " Sir , I was very intimate with that gentle- man , and was once relieved by him from an arrest ; but I never was present when he was arrested , never I knew that he was arrested , and I believe Etat ...
... character , but proceeded thus : - " Sir , I was very intimate with that gentle- man , and was once relieved by him from an arrest ; but I never was present when he was arrested , never I knew that he was arrested , and I believe Etat ...
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