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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... expressed his love of driving fast in a post - chaise . " If ( said he ) I had no duties , and no reference to futurity , I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post - chaise with a pretty woman ; but she should be one who could ...
... expressed his love of driving fast in a post - chaise . " If ( said he ) I had no duties , and no reference to futurity , I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post - chaise with a pretty woman ; but she should be one who could ...
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... expressed a doubt to you that it was not Dodd's own , because it had a great deal more force of mind in it than any thing known to be his , you answered , Why should you think so ? Depend upon it , sir , when a man knows he is to be ...
... expressed a doubt to you that it was not Dodd's own , because it had a great deal more force of mind in it than any thing known to be his , you answered , Why should you think so ? Depend upon it , sir , when a man knows he is to be ...
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... expressed , that I shall here introduce them . After observing , that " there are few writers who have gained any reputation by recording their own . actions , " they say , " We may reduce the egotists to four classes . In the first we ...
... expressed , that I shall here introduce them . After observing , that " there are few writers who have gained any reputation by recording their own . actions , " they say , " We may reduce the egotists to four classes . In the first we ...
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... expressed in " The Rambler , " thus : " their very first step out of the regions of business is into the perturbation of vice , or the vacuity of folly . " JOHNSON . " Sir , these are not the words I should have used . No , sir ; the ...
... expressed in " The Rambler , " thus : " their very first step out of the regions of business is into the perturbation of vice , or the vacuity of folly . " JOHNSON . " Sir , these are not the words I should have used . No , sir ; the ...
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... expressed , " troubled in mind . " Some of the ancient philosophers held , that all deviations from right reason ... expression " A friend to the Constitution in Church and State , " was not meant by me , as any reflection upon this ...
... expressed , " troubled in mind . " Some of the ancient philosophers held , that all deviations from right reason ... expression " A friend to the Constitution in Church and State , " was not meant by me , as any reflection upon this ...
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