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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... answer , left a clandestine Acat . 67 . ' , correspondence should have been perniciously discovered . I will write to her foon . * I am , dear Sir , “ Most affectionately yours , « Feb. 24 , 1776 . SAM . JOHNSON . " * Having ...
... answer , left a clandestine Acat . 67 . ' , correspondence should have been perniciously discovered . I will write to her foon . * I am , dear Sir , “ Most affectionately yours , « Feb. 24 , 1776 . SAM . JOHNSON . " * Having ...
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... answer to David Hume's « Essay on Miracles . ” He told me he had once dined in company with Hume in London ; that Hume shook hands with him , and said , “ You have treated me much better than I deserve ; " and that they exchanged visits ...
... answer to David Hume's « Essay on Miracles . ” He told me he had once dined in company with Hume in London ; that Hume shook hands with him , and said , “ You have treated me much better than I deserve ; " and that they exchanged visits ...
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... answered , “ The Church does not superstitiously observe , days , merely as days , but as memorials of important facts . Christmas might be kept as well upon one day of the year as another : but there should be a stated day for ...
... answered , “ The Church does not superstitiously observe , days , merely as days , but as memorials of important facts . Christmas might be kept as well upon one day of the year as another : but there should be a stated day for ...
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... answered , “ Sh ' apprens t'etre fif . " We dined at our inn , and had with us a Mr. Jackson , one of Johnson's schoolfellows , whom he treated with much kindness , though he seemed to be a low man , dull and untaught . He had a coarse ...
... answered , “ Sh ' apprens t'etre fif . " We dined at our inn , and had with us a Mr. Jackson , one of Johnson's schoolfellows , whom he treated with much kindness , though he seemed to be a low man , dull and untaught . He had a coarse ...
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... answer that his post - chaise should come for us this day . While we sat at breakfast , Dr. Johnson received a ... answered , “ Mr. Thrale has lost his only fon ! ” This was , no doubt , a very great aMiction to Mr. and Mrs. Thrale ...
... answer that his post - chaise should come for us this day . While we sat at breakfast , Dr. Johnson received a ... answered , “ Mr. Thrale has lost his only fon ! ” This was , no doubt , a very great aMiction to Mr. and Mrs. Thrale ...
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