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 5C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 |
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... observed to me afterwards , " That this was no favourable account of Dr. Young ; for it is not becoming in a man to have so litlle acqui- escence in the ways of Providence , as to be gloomy be- cause he has not obtained as much ...
... observed to me afterwards , " That this was no favourable account of Dr. Young ; for it is not becoming in a man to have so litlle acqui- escence in the ways of Providence , as to be gloomy be- cause he has not obtained as much ...
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... observe , that notwithstand- ing what he now said , which he no doubt imagined at the time to be the fact , there was , perhaps , no man who more frequently yielded to the solicitations even of very obscure authors , to read their ...
... observe , that notwithstand- ing what he now said , which he no doubt imagined at the time to be the fact , there was , perhaps , no man who more frequently yielded to the solicitations even of very obscure authors , to read their ...
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... observed ( said he ) , that men of very large fortunes enjoy any thing extra ordinary that makes happiness . What has the Duke of Bedford ? What has the Duke of Devonshire ? The only great instance that I have ever known of the enjoy ...
... observed ( said he ) , that men of very large fortunes enjoy any thing extra ordinary that makes happiness . What has the Duke of Bedford ? What has the Duke of Devonshire ? The only great instance that I have ever known of the enjoy ...
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... observed that a housebreaker was in general very timorous ; -JOHNSON . " No wonder , sir ; he is afraid of being shot getting into a house , or hanged when he has got out of it . " He told us , that he had in one day written six sheets ...
... observed that a housebreaker was in general very timorous ; -JOHNSON . " No wonder , sir ; he is afraid of being shot getting into a house , or hanged when he has got out of it . " He told us , that he had in one day written six sheets ...
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... observations ; as when shewn the botanical garden , " Is not every garden a botanical garden ? " When told that there was a shrubbery to the extent of seven miles : " That is making a very foolish use of the ground ; a little of it is ...
... observations ; as when shewn the botanical garden , " Is not every garden a botanical garden ? " When told that there was a shrubbery to the extent of seven miles : " That is making a very foolish use of the ground ; a little of it is ...
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