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... LONDON : printed for G. WALKER , J. AKERMAN , E. EDWARDS , J. HARWOOD , W. ROBINSONS AND SONS , LIVERPOOL ; E. THOMSON , MANCHESTER ; J. NOBLE , HULL ; J. WILSON , BERWICK ; W. WHYTE AND CO . , EDINBURGH , AND R. GRIFFIN AND CO ...
... LONDON : printed for G. WALKER , J. AKERMAN , E. EDWARDS , J. HARWOOD , W. ROBINSONS AND SONS , LIVERPOOL ; E. THOMSON , MANCHESTER ; J. NOBLE , HULL ; J. WILSON , BERWICK ; W. WHYTE AND CO . , EDINBURGH , AND R. GRIFFIN AND CO ...
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... London , Aug. 21 , 1766 . " SAM . JOHNSON . " " TO DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . " Auchinleck , Nov. 6 , 1766 . 66 MUCH ESTEEMED AND DEAR SIR , " I PLEAD not guilty to * The passage omitted explained the transaction to which the preceding ...
... London , Aug. 21 , 1766 . " SAM . JOHNSON . " " TO DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . " Auchinleck , Nov. 6 , 1766 . 66 MUCH ESTEEMED AND DEAR SIR , " I PLEAD not guilty to * The passage omitted explained the transaction to which the preceding ...
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... , afterwards Sir Robert Chambers , one of the Judges in India . He published nothing this year in his own name ; but the noble dedication to the King 66 of Gwyn's " London and Westminster im- proved , THE LIFE OF [ 1766 .
... , afterwards Sir Robert Chambers , one of the Judges in India . He published nothing this year in his own name ; but the noble dedication to the King 66 of Gwyn's " London and Westminster im- proved , THE LIFE OF [ 1766 .
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James Boswell. 66 of Gwyn's " London and Westminster im- proved , " was written by him ; and he furnished the Preface , † and several of the pieces , which compose a volume of Miscellanies by Mrs. Anna Williams , the blind lady who had ...
James Boswell. 66 of Gwyn's " London and Westminster im- proved , " was written by him ; and he furnished the Preface , † and several of the pieces , which compose a volume of Miscellanies by Mrs. Anna Williams , the blind lady who had ...
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... London , till the act of general pardon came out , obtained the acquaintance of Dr. Johnson , who justly esteemed him as a very worthy man . It seems some of the members of the society in Scotland for propagating Christian knowledge had ...
... London , till the act of general pardon came out , obtained the acquaintance of Dr. Johnson , who justly esteemed him as a very worthy man . It seems some of the members of the society in Scotland for propagating Christian knowledge had ...
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66 DEAR SIR 66 TO JAMES admiration Æneid affectionate afraid answered appeared asked authour believe BENNET LANGTON bookseller called character church compliments consider conversation Court dined Doctor of Medicine Edinburgh eminent England Erse favour Garrick gentleman give glad Goldsmith happy heard Hebrides honour hope humble servant Inchkenneth JAMES BOSWELL John JOHNSON judge King lady Langton laugh learning letter Litchfield live London Lord Bute Lord Hailes Lord Hailes's Lord Monboddo LUCY PORTER manner ment mentioned merit mind nation neral never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford perhaps pleased pleasure poem publick Raasay reason remark respect SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotland seemed shew Sir Joshua Reynolds speak Streatham suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tom Davies wish wonder write written wrote
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Página 486 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Página 145 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Página 387 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Página 11 - To omit for a year, or for a day, the most efficacious method of advancing Christianity, in compliance with any purposes that terminate on this side of the grave, is a crime of which I know not that the world has yet had an example, except in the practice of the planters of America, a race of mortals whom, I suppose, no other man wishes to resemble.
Página 487 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest: welcome at an inn.
Página 268 - I'll make Goldsmith forgive me; ' and then called to him in a loud voice, ' Dr. Goldsmith, something passed today where you and I dined: I ask your pardon.' Goldsmith answered placidly, 'It must be much from you, sir, that I take ill.
Página 32 - ... supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive. But, Sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself, may convince the judge to whom you urge it ^ and if it does convince him, why, then, Sir, you are wrong, and he is right.
Página 248 - Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry.
Página 256 - ... happiness ; that these ought not to be lost ; and that the gentleman on whose account she was divorced had gained her heart while thus unhappily situated. Seduced, perhaps, by the charms of the lady in question, I thus attempted to palliate what I was sensible could not be justified ; for when I had finished my harangue, my venerable friend gave me a proper check : ' My dear sir, never accustom your mind to mingle virtue and vice. The woman's a whore, and there's an end on't.
Página 345 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.