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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... write it , by collect- ing from every body what they can tell , and putting down your authorities . " BOSWELL ... writing came to be considered in ' a pecuniary view . Baretti says , he is the first man that ever received copy - money in ...
... write it , by collect- ing from every body what they can tell , and putting down your authorities . " BOSWELL ... writing came to be considered in ' a pecuniary view . Baretti says , he is the first man that ever received copy - money in ...
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... write so as to venture to publish my " History of the Civil War in Great Britain in 1745 and 1746 , " without being obliged to go to a foreign press.1 When we arrived at Derby , Dr. Butter accom- panied us to see the manufactory of ...
... write so as to venture to publish my " History of the Civil War in Great Britain in 1745 and 1746 , " without being obliged to go to a foreign press.1 When we arrived at Derby , Dr. Butter accom- panied us to see the manufactory of ...
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... writing . " But , sir ( said I ) , you contributed to the deception ; for when Mr. Seward 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 ...
... writing . " But , sir ( said I ) , you contributed to the deception ; for when Mr. Seward 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 ...
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... writer has given us a series of reflections on his own life ; but his sentiments are so noble , his morality so sub- lime , that his meditations are universally admired . In the third class we have some others of tolerable credit , who ...
... writer has given us a series of reflections on his own life ; but his sentiments are so noble , his morality so sub- lime , that his meditations are universally admired . In the third class we have some others of tolerable credit , who ...
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... writing ; and although my friend Dr. Kippis ' has hitherto discharged the task judi- ciously , distinctly , and with more impartiality than might have been expected from a Separatist , it were to have been wished that the ...
... writing ; and although my friend Dr. Kippis ' has hitherto discharged the task judi- ciously , distinctly , and with more impartiality than might have been expected from a Separatist , it were to have been wished that the ...
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