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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... hear of this . " I In our way , Johnson strongly 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 ...
... hear of this . " I In our way , Johnson strongly 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 ...
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... , that nobody thank- ed him for it . " " Did we not hear so much said of Jack Wilkes , we should think more highly of his conversation . Jack has a great variety of talk , Jack is a scholar Etat . 68. ] DR . JOHNSON . 21.
... , that nobody thank- ed him for it . " " Did we not hear so much said of Jack Wilkes , we should think more highly of his conversation . Jack has a great variety of talk , Jack is a scholar Etat . 68. ] DR . JOHNSON . 21.
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... keep company with a man from whom I must guard my pockets , than with a man who contrives to bring me into a dispute with somebody that he may hear it . 1 ( naming one of our This is the great fault Etat . 68. ] 23 DR . JOHNSON .
... keep company with a man from whom I must guard my pockets , than with a man who contrives to bring me into a dispute with somebody that he may hear it . 1 ( naming one of our This is the great fault Etat . 68. ] 23 DR . JOHNSON .
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... hear the sages of the law " de- livering their ideas upon the question under considera- tion ; " and the first speakers in parliament " entirely coinciding in the idea which has been ably stated by an honourable member : " or ...
... hear the sages of the law " de- livering their ideas upon the question under considera- tion ; " and the first speakers in parliament " entirely coinciding in the idea which has been ably stated by an honourable member : " or ...
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... hear it , if it made me such a fool . " Much of the effect of musick , I am satisfied , is owing to the association of ideas . That air , which instantly and irresistibly excites in the Swiss , when in a foreign land , the maladie du ...
... hear it , if it made me such a fool . " Much of the effect of musick , I am satisfied , is owing to the association of ideas . That air , which instantly and irresistibly excites in the Swiss , when in a foreign land , the maladie du ...
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