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 : in Two Volumes, Volume 2Henry Baldwin, 1791 - Authors, English |
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... state of the question , which I shall do as briefly as I can . In the year 1504 , the barony or manour of Auchinleck , ( pronounced Affleck , ) in Ayrshire , which belonged to a family of the same name with the lands , having fallen to ...
... state of the question , which I shall do as briefly as I can . In the year 1504 , the barony or manour of Auchinleck , ( pronounced Affleck , ) in Ayrshire , which belonged to a family of the same name with the lands , having fallen to ...
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... state of others worse than his own , without a reason ? If this be true , though neither you nor your father are about to do what is quite right , but as your father violates ( I think ) the legal succession least , he seems to be ...
... state of others worse than his own , without a reason ? If this be true , though neither you nor your father are about to do what is quite right , but as your father violates ( I think ) the legal succession least , he seems to be ...
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... state of being . Mrs. Thrale and I looked to each other while he talked , and our looks expressed our congenial admiration and affection for him . I shall ever recollect this scene with great pleasure . I exclaimed to her , “ I am now ...
... state of being . Mrs. Thrale and I looked to each other while he talked , and our looks expressed our congenial admiration and affection for him . I shall ever recollect this scene with great pleasure . I exclaimed to her , “ I am now ...
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... state , has never written expressly in support of either . There is really a claim upon him for both . I am sure he could give a volume of no great bulk upon each , which would comprise all the substance , and with his fpirit would ...
... state , has never written expressly in support of either . There is really a claim upon him for both . I am sure he could give a volume of no great bulk upon each , which would comprise all the substance , and with his fpirit would ...
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... state I had seen it ; but afterwards , unknown to me and other friends , he had been perfuaded , contrary to his own better judgement , to alter it , so as to produce the unlucky effect above mentioned . ” The Bishop gives this ...
... state I had seen it ; but afterwards , unknown to me and other friends , he had been perfuaded , contrary to his own better judgement , to alter it , so as to produce the unlucky effect above mentioned . ” The Bishop gives this ...
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