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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... whose immer.fe properties are involved in that trade , rea fonably enough fuppofe that there could be no dan- ger . The encouragement which the attempt has received excites my wonder and indig- nation ; and though fome men of fuperiour ...
... whose immer.fe properties are involved in that trade , rea fonably enough fuppofe that there could be no dan- ger . The encouragement which the attempt has received excites my wonder and indig- nation ; and though fome men of fuperiour ...
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... perfume . 8 " My whole is a man in whose converse is shar'd , " The strength of a Bar , and the sweetness of Nard . " • Bar . 7 Nard . -8 Barnard . Johnfon Johnson asked Richard Owen Cambridge , Efq . if he * xviii THE LIFE OF.
... perfume . 8 " My whole is a man in whose converse is shar'd , " The strength of a Bar , and the sweetness of Nard . " • Bar . 7 Nard . -8 Barnard . Johnfon Johnson asked Richard Owen Cambridge , Efq . if he * xviii THE LIFE OF.
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... Whose blood fhall quench fome Grecian's thirfty rage , Nor my brave brothers , that have bit the ground , Their fouls difmifs'd through many a ghaftly wound , Can in my bofom half that grief create , As the fad thought of your impending ...
... Whose blood fhall quench fome Grecian's thirfty rage , Nor my brave brothers , that have bit the ground , Their fouls difmifs'd through many a ghaftly wound , Can in my bofom half that grief create , As the fad thought of your impending ...
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... whose fair cheeks destructive Cupids wait , And with unerring fhafts diftribute fate ; Whose fnowy breafts , whofe animated eyes , Each youth admires , though each admirer dies ; Whilft you deride their pangs in barb'rous play ...
... whose fair cheeks destructive Cupids wait , And with unerring fhafts diftribute fate ; Whose fnowy breafts , whofe animated eyes , Each youth admires , though each admirer dies ; Whilft you deride their pangs in barb'rous play ...
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... few scholars in the whole history of literature have attained ; for when I once asked him whether a person whose name I have now forgotten , ftudied hard , he anfwered " No , Sir . I do not believe he ftudied hard . Sir , 48 THE LIFE OF.
... few scholars in the whole history of literature have attained ; for when I once asked him whether a person whose name I have now forgotten , ftudied hard , he anfwered " No , Sir . I do not believe he ftudied hard . Sir , 48 THE LIFE OF.
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