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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... less perpendicular ; —drawing long or short strokes ; -beginning at the upper part 1 I am now happy to understand that Mr. John Home , who was himself gallantly in the field for the reigning family , in that interesting warfare , but is ...
... less perpendicular ; —drawing long or short strokes ; -beginning at the upper part 1 I am now happy to understand that Mr. John Home , who was himself gallantly in the field for the reigning family , in that interesting warfare , but is ...
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... less to be mine for what I said ; but I would not put it in his power to say I had owned it . " He praised Blair's sermons : " Yet , " said he , ( willing to let us see he was aware that fashionable fame , however deserved , is not ...
... less to be mine for what I said ; but I would not put it in his power to say I had owned it . " He praised Blair's sermons : " Yet , " said he , ( willing to let us see he was aware that fashionable fame , however deserved , is not ...
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... less for the life of a certain Scotch Lord ( whom he named ) celebrated for hard drinking , than for that of a sober man . " But stay ( said he , with his usual in- telligence , and accuracy of inquiry ) , does it take much wine to make ...
... less for the life of a certain Scotch Lord ( whom he named ) celebrated for hard drinking , than for that of a sober man . " But stay ( said he , with his usual in- telligence , and accuracy of inquiry ) , does it take much wine to make ...
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... less courted the favour of the great . " 6 During this interview at Ashbourne , Johnson seemed to be more uniformly social , cheerful , and alert , than I had almost ever seen him . He was prompt on great occasions and on small . Taylor ...
... less courted the favour of the great . " 6 During this interview at Ashbourne , Johnson seemed to be more uniformly social , cheerful , and alert , than I had almost ever seen him . He was prompt on great occasions and on small . Taylor ...
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... less strange than true , that a brother Advocate in considerable practice , but of whom it certainly cannot be said , Ingenuas didicit fideliter artes , asked Mr. Maclaurin , with a face of flippant assurance , these words your own ...
... less strange than true , that a brother Advocate in considerable practice , but of whom it certainly cannot be said , Ingenuas didicit fideliter artes , asked Mr. Maclaurin , with a face of flippant assurance , these words your own ...
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