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, Volume 4C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 - Authors, English |
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... desire it may be particularly observed , as pointed out by him to me , that The new lives of dissenting Divines , in the first four volumes of the second edition of the Biographia Britannica , are those of John Abernethy , Thomas Amory ...
... desire it may be particularly observed , as pointed out by him to me , that The new lives of dissenting Divines , in the first four volumes of the second edition of the Biographia Britannica , are those of John Abernethy , Thomas Amory ...
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... desire to see a contest between Mrs. Macaulay and him ; but then I knew how the contest would end ; so that I was to see him triumph . JOHNSON . " Sir , you cannot be sure how a contest will end ; and no man has a right to engage two ...
... desire to see a contest between Mrs. Macaulay and him ; but then I knew how the contest would end ; so that I was to see him triumph . JOHNSON . " Sir , you cannot be sure how a contest will end ; and no man has a right to engage two ...
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... desire to see it play more freely , and partly from that inclination to ac- tivity which will animate , at times , the most inert and sluggish mortal , took a long pole which was lying on a bank , and pushed down several parcels of this ...
... desire to see it play more freely , and partly from that inclination to ac- tivity which will animate , at times , the most inert and sluggish mortal , took a long pole which was lying on a bank , and pushed down several parcels of this ...
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... desire for instruction at the time . " When you read then ( said he ) , you will re- member ; but if you have not a book immediately ready , and the subject moulds in your mind , it is a chance it you have again a desire to study it ...
... desire for instruction at the time . " When you read then ( said he ) , you will re- member ; but if you have not a book immediately ready , and the subject moulds in your mind , it is a chance it you have again a desire to study it ...
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... desire of ingratiating himself with the Scotch , has flattered the people of North - Britain so inordinately and with so little discrimination , that the judicious and candid amongst them must be disgusted , while they value more the ...
... desire of ingratiating himself with the Scotch , has flattered the people of North - Britain so inordinately and with so little discrimination , that the judicious and candid amongst them must be disgusted , while they value more the ...
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