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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... 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 ' Biographia Britannica , ' are those of John Abernethy ...
... 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 ' Biographia Britannica , ' are those of John Abernethy ...
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... desire to maintain the literary 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 ...
... desire to maintain the literary 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 ...
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... desire to see a contest be- tween Mrs. Macaulay and him ; but then I knew how the contest would end ; so that I was to see him triumph . JOHNSON . " Sir , you cannot be sure how a contest will end ; and no man has a right to engage two ...
... desire to see a contest be- tween Mrs. Macaulay and him ; but then I knew how the contest would end ; so that I was to see him triumph . JOHNSON . " Sir , you cannot be sure how a contest will end ; and no man has a right to engage two ...
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... desire to see it play more freely , and partly from that inclination to activity which will animate , at times , the most inert and sluggish mortal , took a long pole which was lying on a bank , and pushed down Etat . 68. ] 31 . DR ...
... desire to see it play more freely , and partly from that inclination to activity which will animate , at times , the most inert and sluggish mortal , took a long pole which was lying on a bank , and pushed down Etat . 68. ] 31 . DR ...
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... Johnson advised me to - day , to have as many books about me as I could ; that I might read upon any subject upon which I had a desire for instruction at the time . " What you read then ( Etat . 68. ] DR . JOHNSON . 33.
... Johnson advised me to - day , to have as many books about me as I could ; that I might read upon any subject upon which I had a desire for instruction at the time . " What you read then ( Etat . 68. ] DR . JOHNSON . 33.
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