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 5C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 - Authors, English |
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... Lord Bute's seat at Luton Hoe . He talked little to us in the carriage , be- ing chiefly occupied in reading Dr. Watson's second volume of " Chemical Essays , " which he liked very well , and his own " Prince of Abyssinia , " on which ...
... Lord Bute's seat at Luton Hoe . He talked little to us in the carriage , be- ing chiefly occupied in reading Dr. Watson's second volume of " Chemical Essays , " which he liked very well , and his own " Prince of Abyssinia , " on which ...
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... Lord Monboddo's notion ' that the ancient Egyptians , with all their learning , and all their arts , were not only black , but woolly - haired . Mr. Palmer asked how did it appear upon examining the mummies ? Dr. Johnson approved of ...
... Lord Monboddo's notion ' that the ancient Egyptians , with all their learning , and all their arts , were not only black , but woolly - haired . Mr. Palmer asked how did it appear upon examining the mummies ? Dr. Johnson approved of ...
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... Lord Bute's magnificent seat , for which I had ob- tained a ticket . As we entered the park , I talked in a high style of my old friendship with Lord Mountstu- art , and said , " I shall probably be much at this place . " The Sage ...
... Lord Bute's magnificent seat , for which I had ob- tained a ticket . As we entered the park , I talked in a high style of my old friendship with Lord Mountstu- art , and said , " I shall probably be much at this place . " The Sage ...
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... Lord- ships will dismiss it . " If every attempt , however light or ludicrous , to lessen another's reputation , is to be punished by a ju- dicial sentence , what punishment can be sufficiently se- vere for him who attempts to diminish ...
... Lord- ships will dismiss it . " If every attempt , however light or ludicrous , to lessen another's reputation , is to be punished by a ju- dicial sentence , what punishment can be sufficiently se- vere for him who attempts to diminish ...
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... Lords , these are attempts of dangerous tendency , which the Solicitors , as men versed in the law , should have foreseen and avoided . It was natural for an ignorant printer to appeal from the Lord . Ordinary ; but from lawyers , the ...
... Lords , these are attempts of dangerous tendency , which the Solicitors , as men versed in the law , should have foreseen and avoided . It was natural for an ignorant printer to appeal from the Lord . Ordinary ; but from lawyers , the ...
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