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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... less . Let'me particularly lament the Reverend Thomas Warton , and the Reverend Dr. Adams . Mr. Warton , amidst bis variety of genius and learning , was an excellent Biographer . His contributions to my Collection are highly estimable ...
... less . Let'me particularly lament the Reverend Thomas Warton , and the Reverend Dr. Adams . Mr. Warton , amidst bis variety of genius and learning , was an excellent Biographer . His contributions to my Collection are highly estimable ...
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... less . He that , by selling or squandering , may disinherit a whole family , may certainly disinherit part , by a partial settlement . “ Laws are formed by the manners and exigencies of particular times , and it is but accidental that ...
... less . He that , by selling or squandering , may disinherit a whole family , may certainly disinherit part , by a partial settlement . “ Laws are formed by the manners and exigencies of particular times , and it is but accidental that ...
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... less than those of booksellers ; and , in most cases , communities are content with less profit than individuals . “ It is , perhaps , not considered through how many hands a book often passes , before it comes into those of the reader ...
... less than those of booksellers ; and , in most cases , communities are content with less profit than individuals . “ It is , perhaps , not considered through how many hands a book often passes , before it comes into those of the reader ...
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... less than fourteen . We must set the copies at fourteen shillings each , and superadd what is called the quarterly - book , or for every hundred books fo charged we must deliver an hundred and four . “ The profits will then stand thus ...
... less than fourteen . We must set the copies at fourteen shillings each , and superadd what is called the quarterly - book , or for every hundred books fo charged we must deliver an hundred and four . “ The profits will then stand thus ...
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... less exercised in it ; and I think the same cause will explain the difference of excellence in other things , gradations admitting always some difference in the first principles . ” This is a difficult subject ; but it is best to hope ...
... less exercised in it ; and I think the same cause will explain the difference of excellence in other things , gradations admitting always some difference in the first principles . ” This is a difficult subject ; but it is best to hope ...
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