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, Volume 4J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... better of it to - day , than when he saw it before ; for he had lately attacked it violently , saying , " It would do excellently for a town - hall . The large room with the pillars ( said he ) would do for the Judges to sit in at the ...
... better of it to - day , than when he saw it before ; for he had lately attacked it violently , saying , " It would do excellently for a town - hall . The large room with the pillars ( said he ) would do for the Judges to sit in at the ...
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... better climate . I own , however , that to consider it as a duty to reside on a family estate is a prejudice ; for we must consider , that working - people get employment equally , and the produce of land is sold equally , whether a ...
... better climate . I own , however , that to consider it as a duty to reside on a family estate is a prejudice ; for we must consider , that working - people get employment equally , and the produce of land is sold equally , whether a ...
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... better than his , I could not by any means equal him in re- presenting visible objects . I said , the difference be- tween us in this respect was as that between a man who has a bad instrument , but plays well on it , and a man who has ...
... better than his , I could not by any means equal him in re- presenting visible objects . I said , the difference be- tween us in this respect was as that between a man who has a bad instrument , but plays well on it , and a man who has ...
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... better when a man reads from immediate in- clination . " He repeated a good many lines of Horace's Odes , while we were in the chaise ; I remember particularly the Ode " Eheu fugaces . " " We He said , the dispute as to the comparative ...
... better when a man reads from immediate in- clination . " He repeated a good many lines of Horace's Odes , while we were in the chaise ; I remember particularly the Ode " Eheu fugaces . " " We He said , the dispute as to the comparative ...
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... better not to have that exception . He praised Grainger's " Ode on Solitude , " in Dods- ley's collection , and repeated , with great energy , the exordium : [ In the age of Queen Elizabeth this word was frequently written , as ...
... better not to have that exception . He praised Grainger's " Ode on Solitude , " in Dods- ley's collection , and repeated , with great energy , the exordium : [ In the age of Queen Elizabeth this word was frequently written , as ...
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