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 5J. Richardson, 1821 |
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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 ... observe , that notwithstanding what he now said , which he no doubt imagined at the time to be the fact , there was ...
... observed to me afterwards , " That this was no favourable account of Dr. Young ; for it is not becoming in a man to ... observe , that notwithstanding what he now said , which he no doubt imagined at the time to be the fact , there was ...
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... observed ( said he ) that men of very large fortunes enjoy any thing extraordinary 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 enjoyment ...
... observed ( said he ) that men of very large fortunes enjoy any thing extraordinary 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 enjoyment ...
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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 on the Poems attributed to Thomas Rowley , " & c . Mr. Thomas Warton's very able ❝ Inquiry " ap- peared about three months afterwards : and Mr. Tyrwhitt's ad- mirable " Vindication of his Appendix , " in the summer of the ...
... Observations on the Poems attributed to Thomas Rowley , " & c . Mr. Thomas Warton's very able ❝ Inquiry " ap- peared about three months afterwards : and Mr. Tyrwhitt's ad- mirable " Vindication of his Appendix , " in the summer of the ...
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... Observe these rules : " 1. Turn all care out of your head as soon as you mount the chaise . " 2. Do not think about frugality ; your health is worth more than it can cost . 1 Which I celebrated in the Church - of - England chapel at ...
... Observe these rules : " 1. Turn all care out of your head as soon as you mount the chaise . " 2. Do not think about frugality ; your health is worth more than it can cost . 1 Which I celebrated in the Church - of - England chapel at ...
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