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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... concerning the great subject of this work to be lost . Though a small particular may appear trifling to some , it will be relished by others ; while every little spark adds something to the general blaze and to please the true , candid ...
... concerning the great subject of this work to be lost . Though a small particular may appear trifling to some , it will be relished by others ; while every little spark adds something to the general blaze and to please the true , candid ...
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... concerning the brave Corsicans . And that Beckford could speak it with a spirit of honest resolution even to his Majesty , as his " faith- 1 See Vol . III . p . 268 . ful Lord - Mayor of London , " is commemorated E 3 Etat . 68. ] DR ...
... concerning the brave Corsicans . And that Beckford could speak it with a spirit of honest resolution even to his Majesty , as his " faith- 1 See Vol . III . p . 268 . ful Lord - Mayor of London , " is commemorated E 3 Etat . 68. ] DR ...
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... concerning it , The HOUSE OF LORDS is wise and independent : Intaminatis fulget honoribus ; Nec sumit aut ponit secures Arbitrio popularis auræ . I have read , conversed , and thought much upon the ' subject , and would recommend to all ...
... concerning it , The HOUSE OF LORDS is wise and independent : Intaminatis fulget honoribus ; Nec sumit aut ponit secures Arbitrio popularis auræ . I have read , conversed , and thought much upon the ' subject , and would recommend to all ...
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... concerning the right of Great Britain to tax America , and attempted to argue in favour of our fellow - subjects on the other side of the Atlantick . I insisted that America might be very well governed , and made to yield sufficient ...
... concerning the right of Great Britain to tax America , and attempted to argue in favour of our fellow - subjects on the other side of the Atlantick . I insisted that America might be very well governed , and made to yield sufficient ...
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... concerning it is so much to my credit as the biographer of Johnson , that my readers will , I hope , grant me their indulgence for here inserting it : " It is not once or twice going over it ( says Sir William ) , that will satisfy me ...
... concerning it is so much to my credit as the biographer of Johnson , that my readers will , I hope , grant me their indulgence for here inserting it : " It is not once or twice going over it ( says Sir William ) , that will satisfy me ...
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