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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... excellent smooth gravel roads ; the large piece of water formed by his Lordship from some small brooks , with a handsome barge upon it ; the venerable Gothick church , now the family chapel , just by the house ; in short , the grand ...
... excellent smooth gravel roads ; the large piece of water formed by his Lordship from some small brooks , with a handsome barge upon it ; the venerable Gothick church , now the family chapel , just by the house ; in short , the grand ...
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... excellent in its species of power , as making good verses in its species . Yet I had no respect for this potter . Neither , indeed , has a man of any extent of thinking for a mere verse- maker , in whose numbers , however perfect ...
... excellent in its species of power , as making good verses in its species . Yet I had no respect for this potter . Neither , indeed , has a man of any extent of thinking for a mere verse- maker , in whose numbers , however perfect ...
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... excellent and candid nature of his practical writings . " The new lives of clergymen of the church of England , in the same four volumes , are as follows : John Balguy , Edward Bent- ham , George Berkley Bishop of Cloyne , William ...
... excellent and candid nature of his practical writings . " The new lives of clergymen of the church of England , in the same four volumes , are as follows : John Balguy , Edward Bent- ham , George Berkley Bishop of Cloyne , William ...
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... excellent Tract by my learned and ingenious friend John Ranby , Esq . entitled " Doubts on the Abolition of the Slave Trade . " To Mr. Ranby's " Doubts , " I will apply Lord Chancellor Hardwicke's expression in praise of a Scotch Law ...
... excellent Tract by my learned and ingenious friend John Ranby , Esq . entitled " Doubts on the Abolition of the Slave Trade . " To Mr. Ranby's " Doubts , " I will apply Lord Chancellor Hardwicke's expression in praise of a Scotch Law ...
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... excellent their principles . I am in possession of Lord Hailes's opinion in his own hand- writing , and have had it for some time . My excuse then for procrastination must be , that I wanted to ' I am 1 The friendship between Mr. Welch ...
... excellent their principles . I am in possession of Lord Hailes's opinion in his own hand- writing , and have had it for some time . My excuse then for procrastination must be , that I wanted to ' I am 1 The friendship between Mr. Welch ...
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