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 Three Volumes ...Henry Baldwin, 1793 - Authors, English |
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... Ætat . 20 . and expofed a complaint of his young friend and patient , which , in the fuperficial opinion of the generality of mankind , is attended with contempt and difgrace . But let not little men triumph upon knowing that Johnson ...
... Ætat . 20 . and expofed a complaint of his young friend and patient , which , in the fuperficial opinion of the generality of mankind , is attended with contempt and difgrace . But let not little men triumph upon knowing that Johnson ...
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... lars upon the subject of his religious progress . “ I fell into an inattention to religion , or an indifference about it , in my ninth year . The church at Lichfield , 1729 . Ætat . 20 . Lichfield , in which DR . JOHNSON . 45.
... lars upon the subject of his religious progress . “ I fell into an inattention to religion , or an indifference about it , in my ninth year . The church at Lichfield , 1729 . Ætat . 20 . Lichfield , in which DR . JOHNSON . 45.
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... Ætat . 20 . Lichfield , in which we had a feat , wanted repara- tion , so I was to go and find a feat in other churches ; and having bad eyes , and being awkward about this , I used to go and read in the fields on Sun- day . This habit ...
... Ætat . 20 . Lichfield , in which we had a feat , wanted repara- tion , so I was to go and find a feat in other churches ; and having bad eyes , and being awkward about this , I used to go and read in the fields on Sun- day . This habit ...
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... Ætat , 22 . His fpirited refufal of an eleemofynary fupply of fhoes , arose , no doubt , from a proper pride , But , confidering his afcetick difpofition at times , as acknowledged by himfelf in his Meditations , and the exaggeration ...
... Ætat , 22 . His fpirited refufal of an eleemofynary fupply of fhoes , arose , no doubt , from a proper pride , But , confidering his afcetick difpofition at times , as acknowledged by himfelf in his Meditations , and the exaggeration ...
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... Ætat . 26 . I know not for what reafon the marriage cerc- remony was not performed at Birmingham ; but a refolution was taken that it fhould be at Derby , for which place the bride and bridegroom set out on horseback , I suppose in very ...
... Ætat . 26 . I know not for what reafon the marriage cerc- remony was not performed at Birmingham ; but a refolution was taken that it fhould be at Derby , for which place the bride and bridegroom set out on horseback , I suppose in very ...
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