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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... thought conscientiously , objected to my father's scheme . • Acts of the Parliament of Scotland , 1685 , Cap . 22 . * As first , the opinion of some diftinguished naturalists , that our species is transmitted through males only , the ...
... thought conscientiously , objected to my father's scheme . • Acts of the Parliament of Scotland , 1685 , Cap . 22 . * As first , the opinion of some diftinguished naturalists , that our species is transmitted through males only , the ...
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... thought an invention : when told by Johnson , it was believed by his friends as much as if they had seen what passed . We landed at the Temple - stairs , where we parted . · D 2 . I found . . + . 1 1776 . I found him in the evening THE ...
... thought an invention : when told by Johnson , it was believed by his friends as much as if they had seen what passed . We landed at the Temple - stairs , where we parted . · D 2 . I found . . + . 1 1776 . I found him in the evening THE ...
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... thought it hard to give her this view of her situation , when she could not help it ; and , indeed , I wondered at the whole of what he now faid ; because , both in his “ Rambler ” and “ Idler , ” he treats religious austerities with ...
... thought it hard to give her this view of her situation , when she could not help it ; and , indeed , I wondered at the whole of what he now faid ; because , both in his “ Rambler ” and “ Idler , ” he treats religious austerities with ...
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... thought a Gothick attack , and he made a brisk defence . « What , Sir , will you allow no value to beauty in ... thoughts , 2 a 3 1776 . Ætat , 67 6 a thoughts , and 22 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... thought a Gothick attack , and he made a brisk defence . « What , Sir , will you allow no value to beauty in ... thoughts , 2 a 3 1776 . Ætat , 67 6 a thoughts , and 22 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
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... thought , - was very well done ; but “ The Sugar - Cane , a Poem , ” did not please him ; a C ! Ætat 1 1776. for , he exclaimed ! ! . We happened to lye this night at the inn at Henley , where Shenstone wrote these lines . 2 Such is ...
... thought , - was very well done ; but “ The Sugar - Cane , a Poem , ” did not please him ; a C ! Ætat 1 1776. for , he exclaimed ! ! . We happened to lye this night at the inn at Henley , where Shenstone wrote these lines . 2 Such is ...
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