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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... Subject ; resembling in this the grateful tribes of ancient nations , of which every individual was eager to throw a to throw a stone upon the grave of a departed Hero , and thus to share in the pious office of ere & ting an bonourable ...
... Subject ; resembling in this the grateful tribes of ancient nations , of which every individual was eager to throw a to throw a stone upon the grave of a departed Hero , and thus to share in the pious office of ere & ting an bonourable ...
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... subject may be understood , it is necessary to give a 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 ...
... subject may be understood , it is necessary to give a 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 ...
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... subject had a firm opinion contrary to mine . His Lordship obligingly took the trouble to write me a letter , in which he discussed with legal and historical learning , the points in which I saw much difficulty , maintaining that “ the ...
... subject had a firm opinion contrary to mine . His Lordship obligingly took the trouble to write me a letter , in which he discussed with legal and historical learning , the points in which I saw much difficulty , maintaining that “ the ...
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... Your most affectionate humble servant , SAM . JOHNSON . ” “ March 5 , 1776 . • A letter to him on the interesting subject of the family settlement , which I had read . 1776 . To the same . Etat . 67 . C2 TA THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON II.
... Your most affectionate humble servant , SAM . JOHNSON . ” “ March 5 , 1776 . • A letter to him on the interesting subject of the family settlement , which I had read . 1776 . To the same . Etat . 67 . C2 TA THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON II.
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... subject , which at once exhibits his extraordinary precision and acuteness , and his warm attachment to his ALMA MATER . 1 To the Reverend Dr. WETHERELL , Master of University - College , Oxford . " DEAR SIR , “ FEW things are more ...
... subject , which at once exhibits his extraordinary precision and acuteness , and his warm attachment to his ALMA MATER . 1 To the Reverend Dr. WETHERELL , Master of University - College , Oxford . " DEAR SIR , “ FEW things are more ...
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