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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... remember when his Lordship declined the ho- nour of being Archbishop of Canterbury , Johnson faidam glad he did not go to Lambeth ; for , after all , I fear he is a Whig in his heart . ' Johnfon's attention to precifion and clearness in ...
... remember when his Lordship declined the ho- nour of being Archbishop of Canterbury , Johnson faidam glad he did not go to Lambeth ; for , after all , I fear he is a Whig in his heart . ' Johnfon's attention to precifion and clearness in ...
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... remember , Sir , you have seen and enjoyed a great deal - You have feen life in its highest decorations , and the world has nothing new to exhibit . - No man is fo well qualifyed to leave publick life as he who has long tryed it and ...
... remember , Sir , you have seen and enjoyed a great deal - You have feen life in its highest decorations , and the world has nothing new to exhibit . - No man is fo well qualifyed to leave publick life as he who has long tryed it and ...
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... remember , ( fays Hale , ) when I find myself inclined to pity a criminal , that there is likewise a pity due to the country . ' If we owe regard to the memory of the dead , there is yet more respect to be paid to knowledge , to virtue ...
... remember , ( fays Hale , ) when I find myself inclined to pity a criminal , that there is likewise a pity due to the country . ' If we owe regard to the memory of the dead , there is yet more respect to be paid to knowledge , to virtue ...
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... remained upon his fancy . Being asked if he could remember Queen Anne , " He had ( he faid ) a confused , but fome- how a fort of folemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , diamonds , and a long black hood " . " 20 THE LIFE OF.
... remained upon his fancy . Being asked if he could remember Queen Anne , " He had ( he faid ) a confused , but fome- how a fort of folemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , diamonds , and a long black hood " . " 20 THE LIFE OF.
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... remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little paufe , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ordinary diverfions : his ...
... remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little paufe , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ordinary diverfions : his ...
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