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, Volume 3C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 - Authors, English |
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... common price of an oak stick ; " and being answered six - pence , " Why then , sir ( said he ) , give me leave to send your servant to purchase me a shilling one . I'll have a double quanti- . ty ; for I am told Foote means to take me ...
... common price of an oak stick ; " and being answered six - pence , " Why then , sir ( said he ) , give me leave to send your servant to purchase me a shilling one . I'll have a double quanti- . ty ; for I am told Foote means to take me ...
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... common circumstances of former composi- tions of that nature ; and when , upon an attentive ex- amination of it , there was found a perpetual recurrence of the same images which appear in the fragments ; 26 [ 1775 . THE LIFE of.
... common circumstances of former composi- tions of that nature ; and when , upon an attentive ex- amination of it , there was found a perpetual recurrence of the same images which appear in the fragments ; 26 [ 1775 . THE LIFE of.
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... common weapons of literary warfare he was hardened ; but there were two instances of animad- version which I communicated to him , and from what I could judge , both from his silence and his looks , ap- peared to me to impress him much ...
... common weapons of literary warfare he was hardened ; but there were two instances of animad- version which I communicated to him , and from what I could judge , both from his silence and his looks , ap- peared to me to impress him much ...
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... common topick of conver- sation in London at this time , wherever I happened to be . At one of Lord Mansfield's formal Sunday even- ing conversations , strangely called Levées , his Lordship addressed me , " We have all been reading ...
... common topick of conver- sation in London at this time , wherever I happened to be . At one of Lord Mansfield's formal Sunday even- ing conversations , strangely called Levées , his Lordship addressed me , " We have all been reading ...
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... common remark on the unhappiness which men who have led a busy life experience , when they retire in expectation of enjoying themselves at ease , and that they generally languish for want of their habitual occupation , and wish to ...
... common remark on the unhappiness which men who have led a busy life experience , when they retire in expectation of enjoying themselves at ease , and that they generally languish for want of their habitual occupation , and wish to ...
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