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 3J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... England , that it offers nothing to the speculation of the traveller . " When I came home , I found several of your papers , with some pages of Lord Hailes's Annals , which I will consider . I am in haste to give you ⚫ some account of ...
... England , that it offers nothing to the speculation of the traveller . " When I came home , I found several of your papers , with some pages of Lord Hailes's Annals , which I will consider . I am in haste to give you ⚫ some account of ...
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... England , would have been a gross falsehood . " None of us ( said he ) would be offended if a foreigner who has travelled here should say , that vines and olives don't grow in England . " And as to his prejudice against the Scotch ...
... England , would have been a gross falsehood . " None of us ( said he ) would be offended if a foreigner who has travelled here should say , that vines and olives don't grow in England . " And as to his prejudice against the Scotch ...
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... England . The effect which it had upon Johnson was , to produce this pleasant observation to Mr. Seward , to whom he lent the book : " This fellow must be a blockhead . They don't know how to go about their abuse . Who will read a five ...
... England . The effect which it had upon Johnson was , to produce this pleasant observation to Mr. Seward , to whom he lent the book : " This fellow must be a blockhead . They don't know how to go about their abuse . Who will read a five ...
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... England , however contemned , might yet supply them with ANOTHER WILLIAM . Whigs , indeed , are not willing to be governed ; and it is possible that KING WILLIAM may be strongly inclined to guide their mea- sures : but Whigs have been ...
... England , however contemned , might yet supply them with ANOTHER WILLIAM . Whigs , indeed , are not willing to be governed ; and it is possible that KING WILLIAM may be strongly inclined to guide their mea- sures : but Whigs have been ...
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... England- man ; " his " Sermon on the Trinity , " and other serious pieces , prove his learning as well as his acuteness in logick and meta- physicks ; and his various compositions of a different cast exhibit not only wit , humour , and ...
... England- man ; " his " Sermon on the Trinity , " and other serious pieces , prove his learning as well as his acuteness in logick and meta- physicks ; and his various compositions of a different cast exhibit not only wit , humour , and ...
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