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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... say to me one forenoon when we were left alone in his study , " Bofwell , ( I think , ) I am eafier with you than with almost any body . " He would not allow Mr. David Hume any credit for his political principles , though fimilar to his ...
... say to me one forenoon when we were left alone in his study , " Bofwell , ( I think , ) I am eafier with you than with almost any body . " He would not allow Mr. David Hume any credit for his political principles , though fimilar to his ...
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... founder Thomas Bofwell , in 1504 , recorded and illustrated by Johnson's pen . Such was his goodness to me , that when I prefumed to folicit him for fo great a favour , * b 3 a favour , he was pleased to say , " DR . JOHNSON . * xxi.
... founder Thomas Bofwell , in 1504 , recorded and illustrated by Johnson's pen . Such was his goodness to me , that when I prefumed to folicit him for fo great a favour , * b 3 a favour , he was pleased to say , " DR . JOHNSON . * xxi.
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... say , " let me have all the materials you can collect , and I will do it both in Latin and English ; then let it be printed . and copies of it be deposited in various places for fecurity and preservation . " I can now only do the best I ...
... say , " let me have all the materials you can collect , and I will do it both in Latin and English ; then let it be printed . and copies of it be deposited in various places for fecurity and preservation . " I can now only do the best I ...
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... say ? with twopence halfpenny in your pocket ? " - JOHNSON , " Why yes ; when I came with two pence halfpenny in my pocket , and thou Davy with three halfpence in thine . " P. 108. After the note , adl - Such was probable conjecture ...
... say ? with twopence halfpenny in your pocket ? " - JOHNSON , " Why yes ; when I came with two pence halfpenny in my pocket , and thou Davy with three halfpence in thine . " P. 108. After the note , adl - Such was probable conjecture ...
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... say that he will be feen in this work more com- pletely than any man who has ever yet lived . And he will be seen as he really was ; for I profefs to write , not his panegyrick , which must be all praise , but his life ; which , great ...
... say that he will be feen in this work more com- pletely than any man who has ever yet lived . And he will be seen as he really was ; for I profefs to write , not his panegyrick , which must be all praise , but his life ; which , great ...
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