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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... period of his life " Moral and Political Dialogues , " with a woefully whiggifh caft . Afterwards , his Lordfhip hav- ing thought better , came to fee his errour , and republished the work with a more conftitu- tional fpirit . Johnson ...
... period of his life " Moral and Political Dialogues , " with a woefully whiggifh caft . Afterwards , his Lordfhip hav- ing thought better , came to fee his errour , and republished the work with a more conftitu- tional fpirit . Johnson ...
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... period of his life a good deal with the Earl of Shelburne , now Mar- quis of Lanfdown , as he doubtless could not but have a due value for that nobleman's activity of mind , and uncommon acquifitions of important knowledge , however ...
... period of his life a good deal with the Earl of Shelburne , now Mar- quis of Lanfdown , as he doubtless could not but have a due value for that nobleman's activity of mind , and uncommon acquifitions of important knowledge , however ...
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... period were worthy gentle . men of the neighbourhood of Litchfield . Appleby itself is not far from the neighbourhood of Litchfield . The falary , the de- gree requifite , together with the time of eledim , all agreeing with the ...
... period were worthy gentle . men of the neighbourhood of Litchfield . Appleby itself is not far from the neighbourhood of Litchfield . The falary , the de- gree requifite , together with the time of eledim , all agreeing with the ...
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... period , in the course of a dispute , by which time he was a good deal exhausted by violence and vociferation , he used to blow out his breath like a Whale . This I fuppofe was a relief to his lungs ; and feemed in him to be a ...
... period , in the course of a dispute , by which time he was a good deal exhausted by violence and vociferation , he used to blow out his breath like a Whale . This I fuppofe was a relief to his lungs ; and feemed in him to be a ...
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... period of clofing life , with the light of pious hope . " This is fo beautifully imagined , that I would not fupprefs it . But , like many other theories , it is deduced from a supposed fact , which is , indeed , a fiction . 2 Prayers ...
... period of clofing life , with the light of pious hope . " This is fo beautifully imagined , that I would not fupprefs it . But , like many other theories , it is deduced from a supposed fact , which is , indeed , a fiction . 2 Prayers ...
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