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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... writing , and you , when you read this , are reading un- der the Eye of Omnipresence . " To what degree fancy is to be admitted into reli- gious offices , it would require much deliberation to de- termine . I am far from intending ...
... writing , and you , when you read this , are reading un- der the Eye of Omnipresence . " To what degree fancy is to be admitted into reli- gious offices , it would require much deliberation to de- termine . I am far from intending ...
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... writes to me thus : If I could procure Dr. Johnson's criticism , they would be of great use to me in the prosecution ... write to London what you said to him , and that nei- ther by word nor letter has he made the least complaint of you ...
... writes to me thus : If I could procure Dr. Johnson's criticism , they would be of great use to me in the prosecution ... write to London what you said to him , and that nei- ther by word nor letter has he made the least complaint of you ...
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... writes to me thus : Mr. Boswell will be pleas- ed to express the grateful sense which Sir David Dal- 6 rymple has of Dr. Johnson's attention to his little spe- 8 [ 1774 . THE LIFE OF 66 MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON. ...
... writes to me thus : Mr. Boswell will be pleas- ed to express the grateful sense which Sir David Dal- 6 rymple has of Dr. Johnson's attention to his little spe- 8 [ 1774 . THE LIFE OF 66 MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON. ...
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... write to me , all the attention that I can give shall be cheerfully bestowed , upon what I think a pious work , the preservation and elucidation of Walton , by whose writings I have been most pleas- ingly edified . " * 66 MR . BOSWELL ...
... write to me , all the attention that I can give shall be cheerfully bestowed , upon what I think a pious work , the preservation and elucidation of Walton , by whose writings I have been most pleas- ingly edified . " * 66 MR . BOSWELL ...
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... ' been an interruption , by the time taken to write it , and the time luxuriously spent in listening to its applauses ? ” VOL . III . B make my compliments to Mrs. Boswell and the young- lings Etat . 65. ] 13 DR . JOHNSON .
... ' been an interruption , by the time taken to write it , and the time luxuriously spent in listening to its applauses ? ” VOL . III . B make my compliments to Mrs. Boswell and the young- lings Etat . 65. ] 13 DR . JOHNSON .
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