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 VolumesHenry Baldwin, 1793 - Authors, English |
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... some philofophers and divines who have maintained that we shall not be spiritual- ized to fuch a degree , but that fomething of matter , very much refined , will remain . In that cafe , mufick may make a part of our future felicity ...
... some philofophers and divines who have maintained that we shall not be spiritual- ized to fuch a degree , but that fomething of matter , very much refined , will remain . In that cafe , mufick may make a part of our future felicity ...
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... some people how they like their wine oftener than others . You therefore of- fend more people than you please . You are like the French statesman , who faid , when he granted a favour , J'ai fait dix mécontents et un ingrat . ' Be ...
... some people how they like their wine oftener than others . You therefore of- fend more people than you please . You are like the French statesman , who faid , when he granted a favour , J'ai fait dix mécontents et un ingrat . ' Be ...
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... some- what painful , but he foon made me forget it ; and a man is always pleased with himself when he finds his intellectual inclinations predominate . He obferved , that to reafon philofophically on the nature of prayer , was very ...
... some- what painful , but he foon made me forget it ; and a man is always pleased with himself when he finds his intellectual inclinations predominate . He obferved , that to reafon philofophically on the nature of prayer , was very ...
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... Some think Swift's the best ; others prefer a fuller and grander way of writing . " JOHNSON . " Sir , you must first define what you mean by ftyle , before you can judge who has a good taste in ftyle , and who has a bad . The two ...
... Some think Swift's the best ; others prefer a fuller and grander way of writing . " JOHNSON . " Sir , you must first define what you mean by ftyle , before you can judge who has a good taste in ftyle , and who has a bad . The two ...
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... Some ages ago , ( fays he , ) before the ferocity of the inhabitants of this part of the island was fubdued , the utmost severity of the civil law was neceffary , to restrain individuals from plundering each other . Thus , the man who ...
... Some ages ago , ( fays he , ) before the ferocity of the inhabitants of this part of the island was fubdued , the utmost severity of the civil law was neceffary , to restrain individuals from plundering each other . Thus , the man who ...
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