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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... seen in any town of the same size . I felt great satisfaction in considering that I was supported in my fondness for solemn publick worship by the general concurrence and munificence of mankind . Johnson and Taylor were so different ...
... seen in any town of the same size . I felt great satisfaction in considering that I was supported in my fondness for solemn publick worship by the general concurrence and munificence of mankind . Johnson and Taylor were so different ...
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... seen him . He was prompt on great occasions and on small . Taylor , who praised every thing of his own to excess , in short , whose geese were all swans , " as the proverb says , expatiated on the excellence of his bull - dog , which ...
... seen him . He was prompt on great occasions and on small . Taylor , who praised every thing of his own to excess , in short , whose geese were all swans , " as the proverb says , expatiated on the excellence of his bull - dog , which ...
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... seen Mr ... and as to him have set all right , without any inconvenience , so far as I know , to you . Mrs. Thrale had forgot the story . You may now be at ease . " And at ease I certainly wish you , for the kind- ness that you showed ...
... seen Mr ... and as to him have set all right , without any inconvenience , so far as I know , to you . Mrs. Thrale had forgot the story . You may now be at ease . " And at ease I certainly wish you , for the kind- ness that you showed ...
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... seen Johnson at breakfast , accompanied , or rather attended , by Levett , who had always the management of the tea - kettle . M. ] 1 [ See this subject discussed in a subsequent page , under May 3 , 1779. M. ] VOL . IV . G . Tory , I ...
... seen Johnson at breakfast , accompanied , or rather attended , by Levett , who had always the management of the tea - kettle . M. ] 1 [ See this subject discussed in a subsequent page , under May 3 , 1779. M. ] VOL . IV . G . Tory , I ...
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... seen that he was in the wrong , he returned to Protestantism . I talked of some time or other publishing this curious life . MRS . THRALE . " I think you had as well let alone that publication . To discover such weakness ex- poses a man ...
... seen that he was in the wrong , he returned to Protestantism . I talked of some time or other publishing this curious life . MRS . THRALE . " I think you had as well let alone that publication . To discover such weakness ex- poses a man ...
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