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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... tell your whole mind to Lord Hailes ? He is , you know , both a Christian and a Lawyer . I suppose he is above partiality , and above loquacity ; and , I believe , he will not think the time loft in which he may . quiet a disturbed , or ...
... tell your whole mind to Lord Hailes ? He is , you know , both a Christian and a Lawyer . I suppose he is above partiality , and above loquacity ; and , I believe , he will not think the time loft in which he may . quiet a disturbed , or ...
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... will be able to free yourself from every difficulty . “ When I wrote last , I sent , I think , ten packets . Did you receive them all ? « You 第臺 a “ You must tell Mrs. Boswell that I suspected 10 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . Τ THE LIFE.
... will be able to free yourself from every difficulty . “ When I wrote last , I sent , I think , ten packets . Did you receive them all ? « You 第臺 a “ You must tell Mrs. Boswell that I suspected 10 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . Τ THE LIFE.
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... tell Mrs. Boswell that I suspected her to have written without 1776 . your knowledge , and therefore did not return any answer , left a clandestine Acat . 67 . ' , correspondence should have been perniciously discovered . I will write ...
... tell Mrs. Boswell that I suspected her to have written without 1776 . your knowledge , and therefore did not return any answer , left a clandestine Acat . 67 . ' , correspondence should have been perniciously discovered . I will write ...
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... tell me , with reason , that I have said nothing , till I declare how much , according to my opinion , of the ultimate price ought to be distributed through the whole succession of sale . “ The deduction , I am afraid , will appear very ...
... tell me , with reason , that I have said nothing , till I declare how much , according to my opinion , of the ultimate price ought to be distributed through the whole succession of sale . “ The deduction , I am afraid , will appear very ...
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... tell that Johnson , before setting out for Italy , as he had to cross the Alps , sat down to make himself wings . This many people would believe ; but it would be a picture of nothing . ** ( naming a worthy friend of ours , ) used to ...
... tell that Johnson , before setting out for Italy , as he had to cross the Alps , sat down to make himself wings . This many people would believe ; but it would be a picture of nothing . ** ( naming a worthy friend of ours , ) used to ...
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