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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... formed many agreeable con- nexions ; " Sir , ( faid he , ) I don't wonder at it ; no man , fond of letters , leaves London without regret . But remember , Sir , you have seen and enjoyed a great deal - You have feen life in its highest ...
... formed many agreeable con- nexions ; " Sir , ( faid he , ) I don't wonder at it ; no man , fond of letters , leaves London without regret . But remember , Sir , you have seen and enjoyed a great deal - You have feen life in its highest ...
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... formed , and hurt his visual nerves fo much , that he did not fee at all with one of his eyes , though its appearance was little different from that of the other . There is amongst his prayers , one infcribed " When my EYE was restored ...
... formed , and hurt his visual nerves fo much , that he did not fee at all with one of his eyes , though its appearance was little different from that of the other . There is amongst his prayers , one infcribed " When my EYE was restored ...
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... formed me , acted by the advice of the celebrated Sir John Floyer , then a phyfician in Lichfield , Johnfon used to talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque description of the scene , as it remained ...
... formed me , acted by the advice of the celebrated Sir John Floyer , then a phyfician in Lichfield , Johnfon used to talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque description of the scene , as it remained ...
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... formed his judgement of others , we may be abfolutely cer- tain , both from his writings and his converfation , that his reading was very extenfive . Dr. Adam Smith , than whom few were better judges on this fubject , once obferved to ...
... formed his judgement of others , we may be abfolutely cer- tain , both from his writings and his converfation , that his reading was very extenfive . Dr. Adam Smith , than whom few were better judges on this fubject , once obferved to ...
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... formed any clofe intimacies with his fellow - collegians . But Dr. Adams told me , that he contracted a love and regard for Pem- broke College , which he retained to the laft . A fhort time before his death he sent to that College , a ...
... formed any clofe intimacies with his fellow - collegians . But Dr. Adams told me , that he contracted a love and regard for Pem- broke College , which he retained to the laft . A fhort time before his death he sent to that College , a ...
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