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 : in Two Volumes, Volume 2Henry Baldwin, 1791 |
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... mentioned with much regret the extravagance of the representative of a great family in Scotland , by which there was danger of its being ruined ; and as Johnson respected it for its antiquity , he joined with me in thinking it would be ...
... mentioned with much regret the extravagance of the representative of a great family in Scotland , by which there was danger of its being ruined ; and as Johnson respected it for its antiquity , he joined with me in thinking it would be ...
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... mentioned Dr. Adam Smith's book on “ The Wealth of Nations , ” which was just published , and that Sir John Pringle had observed to me , that Dr. Smith , who had never been in trade , could not be expected to write well a • The ...
... mentioned Dr. Adam Smith's book on “ The Wealth of Nations , ” which was just published , and that Sir John Pringle had observed to me , that Dr. Smith , who had never been in trade , could not be expected to write well a • The ...
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... mentioned with exact precision . The knowledge of his having such a principle and habit made his friends have a ... mention an odd incident which he related as having happened to him one night in Fleet - street . “ A gentlewoman ( said ...
... mentioned with exact precision . The knowledge of his having such a principle and habit made his friends have a ... mention an odd incident which he related as having happened to him one night in Fleet - street . “ A gentlewoman ( said ...
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... mentioned Sir Richard Steele having published his “ Christian Hero , " with the avowed purpose of obliging himself to lead a religious life ; yet , that his conduct was by no means strictly suitable . Johnson . “ Steele , I believe ...
... mentioned Sir Richard Steele having published his “ Christian Hero , " with the avowed purpose of obliging himself to lead a religious life ; yet , that his conduct was by no means strictly suitable . Johnson . “ Steele , I believe ...
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... mention the havock made by rats and mice , had introduced the subject in a kind of mock heroick , and a parody of ... mentioned . ” The Bishop gives this character of Dr. Grainger : " He was not only a man of genius and : learning ...
... mention the havock made by rats and mice , had introduced the subject in a kind of mock heroick , and a parody of ... mentioned . ” The Bishop gives this character of Dr. Grainger : " He was not only a man of genius and : learning ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 2 James Boswell Visualização integral - 1807 |
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