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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... i . 513 . Lock , Mr. of Norbury Park , ii . 349 . Lauder , his forgery against Milton , i . 123–128 . Loift , Capel , Esq . ii . 492 . London , ii . 329 . > - his « Reliques of Ancient Poetry , ' ODE TABLE OF CONTỆN T S.
... i . 513 . Lock , Mr. of Norbury Park , ii . 349 . Lauder , his forgery against Milton , i . 123–128 . Loift , Capel , Esq . ii . 492 . London , ii . 329 . > - his « Reliques of Ancient Poetry , ' ODE TABLE OF CONTỆN T S.
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... against , read connected with . le i VOLUME II . P. 191 , 1. 8 , for Johnston read Johnson . P. 346 , 1. 12 , for one of his excellent prefatory discourses to his play's , read his excellent Dedication of his Juvenal . Ibid . l . 15 ...
... against , read connected with . le i VOLUME II . P. 191 , 1. 8 , for Johnston read Johnson . P. 346 , 1. 12 , for one of his excellent prefatory discourses to his play's , read his excellent Dedication of his Juvenal . Ibid . l . 15 ...
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... against entails . 1 . TO JAMES Boswell , Esq . « DEAR SIR , “ I HAVE not had your letter half an hour ; as you lay so much weight upon my notions , I should think it not just to delay my answer . “ I am very sorry that your melancholy ...
... against entails . 1 . TO JAMES Boswell , Esq . « DEAR SIR , “ I HAVE not had your letter half an hour ; as you lay so much weight upon my notions , I should think it not just to delay my answer . “ I am very sorry that your melancholy ...
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... against what he thought a Gothick attack , and he made a brisk defence . « What , Sir , will you allow no value to beauty in architecture or in ftatuary ? Why , should we allow it then in writing ? Why do you take the trouble to give us ...
... against what he thought a Gothick attack , and he made a brisk defence . « What , Sir , will you allow no value to beauty in architecture or in ftatuary ? Why , should we allow it then in writing ? Why do you take the trouble to give us ...
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... against an infidel ; for instance , if he be an ugly fellow , and vain of his person , we may contrast his appearance with Cicero's beautiful image of Virtue , could she be seen . Johnson coincided with me and said , " When a man ...
... against an infidel ; for instance , if he be an ugly fellow , and vain of his person , we may contrast his appearance with Cicero's beautiful image of Virtue , could she be seen . Johnson coincided with me and said , " When a man ...
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