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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... told us , that he had not looked at it since it was first published . I hap- pened to take it out of my pocket this day , and he seized upon it with avidity . He pointed out to me the following remarkable passage : " By what means ...
... told us , that he had not looked at it since it was first published . I hap- pened to take it out of my pocket this day , and he seized upon it with avidity . He pointed out to me the following remarkable passage : " By what means ...
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... told his father was cheerful . " Sir ( said he ) , he was too well- bred a man not to be cheerful in company ; but he was gloomy when alone . He never was cheerful after my mother's death , and he had met with many disappoint- ments ...
... told his father was cheerful . " Sir ( said he ) , he was too well- bred a man not to be cheerful in company ; but he was gloomy when alone . He never was cheerful after my mother's death , and he had met with many disappoint- ments ...
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... told us that he did not come to destroy the law but to ful- fil : to fulfil the typical law , by the performance of what those types had foreshewn ; and the moral law , by precepts of greater purity and higher exaltation . ” [ Here he ...
... told us that he did not come to destroy the law but to ful- fil : to fulfil the typical law , by the performance of what those types had foreshewn ; and the moral law , by precepts of greater purity and higher exaltation . ” [ Here he ...
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... told us , that he had in one day written six sheets of a translation from the French ; adding , " I should be glad to see it now . I wish that I had copies of all the pamphlets written against me , as it is said Pope had . Had I known ...
... told us , that he had in one day written six sheets of a translation from the French ; adding , " I should be glad to see it now . I wish that I had copies of all the pamphlets written against me , as it is said Pope had . Had I known ...
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... 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 very well . " When it was proposed that we should walk on the pleasure- ground ; " Don't let us fatigue ...
... 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 very well . " When it was proposed that we should walk on the pleasure- ground ; " Don't let us fatigue ...
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