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 Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1 |
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... common sense , and his ready wit , so strikingly shown in the series of conversations which the industry of Boswell has preserved to us - this book stands unrivalled in the literature of our own or any other nation . It is to be hoped ...
... common sense , and his ready wit , so strikingly shown in the series of conversations which the industry of Boswell has preserved to us - this book stands unrivalled in the literature of our own or any other nation . It is to be hoped ...
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... that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common centre of union for the great , the accom- plished , the learned , and the ingenious ; all. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS , P.R.A. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION .
... that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common centre of union for the great , the accom- plished , the learned , and the ingenious ; all. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS , P.R.A. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION .
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... Common Prayer Book into his hands , pointed to the collect for the day , and said , " Sam , you must get this by heart . " She went up stairs , leaving him to study it ; but by the time she had reached the second floor , she heard him ...
... Common Prayer Book into his hands , pointed to the collect for the day , and said , " Sam , you must get this by heart . " She went up stairs , leaving him to study it ; but by the time she had reached the second floor , she heard him ...
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... common sports ; and he once pleasantly remarked to me , " how wonderfully well he had contrived to be idle without them . " Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in one of his letters , when earnestly cautioning a friend ...
... common sports ; and he once pleasantly remarked to me , " how wonderfully well he had contrived to be idle without them . " Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in one of his letters , when earnestly cautioning a friend ...
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... common attention paid to him ; of which remarkable instances were long remembered there . - PERCY . 3 Mr. Hector , to whom we are indebted for so many reminiscences of Johnson's early life was a native of Lichfield , and became an ...
... common attention paid to him ; of which remarkable instances were long remembered there . - PERCY . 3 Mr. Hector , to whom we are indebted for so many reminiscences of Johnson's early life was a native of Lichfield , and became an ...
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