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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... wonderful expression of the varieties of the human frame ; and although it must be allowed that the circumstances of difficulty enhances the value of a marble head , we should consider , that if it requires a long time in the ...
... wonderful expression of the varieties of the human frame ; and although it must be allowed that the circumstances of difficulty enhances the value of a marble head , we should consider , that if it requires a long time in the ...
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... wonderful collection , both of antiquities and natural curiosities , and ingenious works of art . He had all the articles accurately arranged , with their names upon labels , printed at his own little press ; and on the staircase ...
... wonderful collection , both of antiquities and natural curiosities , and ingenious works of art . He had all the articles accurately arranged , with their names upon labels , printed at his own little press ; and on the staircase ...
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... wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a moneyscrivener behind the Royal - Exchange , with whom I at one period used to dine generally once ...
... wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation that I ever enjoyed , was at the table of Jack Ellis , a moneyscrivener behind the Royal - Exchange , with whom I at one period used to dine generally once ...
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... wonderful that there is such a proportion of bad papers , in the half of the work which was not written by Addison ; for there was all the world to write that half , yet not a half of that haif is good . One of the finest pieces in the ...
... wonderful that there is such a proportion of bad papers , in the half of the work which was not written by Addison ; for there was all the world to write that half , yet not a half of that haif is good . One of the finest pieces in the ...
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... wonderful how the whelp has written such things . " We were by no means pleased with our inn at Bristol . « Let us see now , ( said I , how we should describe it . ” Johnson was ready with his raillery . “ Describe it , Sir ? -Why , it ...
... wonderful how the whelp has written such things . " We were by no means pleased with our inn at Bristol . « Let us see now , ( said I , how we should describe it . ” Johnson was ready with his raillery . “ Describe it , Sir ? -Why , it ...
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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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