The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolatory 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 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807 |
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... live , Corsica and the cause of the brave islanders shall ever employ much of my attention , shall ever interest me in the sincerest manner , * " I am , & c . 59 1768 . Ætat . 59 . " JAMES BOSWELL . " 5 1768 . Ætat . 59 . " ( " TO DR ...
... live , Corsica and the cause of the brave islanders shall ever employ much of my attention , shall ever interest me in the sincerest manner , * " I am , & c . 59 1768 . Ætat . 59 . " JAMES BOSWELL . " 5 1768 . Ætat . 59 . " ( " TO DR ...
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... live on we must see those whom we love drop successively , and find our circle of relation grow less and less , till we are almost unconnected with the world ; and then it must soon be our turn to drop into the grave . There is always ...
... live on we must see those whom we love drop successively , and find our circle of relation grow less and less , till we are almost unconnected with the world ; and then it must soon be our turn to drop into the grave . There is always ...
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... live from one another . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ; but that is occasioned by the largeness of it , which is the cause of all the other advantages . " BOSWELL . " Some- times I have been in the humour of wishing to retire to a desart ...
... live from one another . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ; but that is occasioned by the largeness of it , which is the cause of all the other advantages . " BOSWELL . " Some- times I have been in the humour of wishing to retire to a desart ...
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... lives . The act of dying is not of importance , it lasts so short a time . " He added , ( with an earnest look , ) " A man knows it must be so , and submits . It will do him no good to whine . " I attempted to continue the conversation ...
... lives . The act of dying is not of importance , it lasts so short a time . " He added , ( with an earnest look , ) " A man knows it must be so , and submits . It will do him no good to whine . " I attempted to continue the conversation ...
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... Lives of the Poets , vol . iii . p . 75. 8vo . 1791 . Ι . Β.-Ο. ] * An acute correspondent of the European Magazine , April 1792 , has completely exposed a mistake which has been unac- countably frequent in ascribing these lines to ...
... Lives of the Poets , vol . iii . p . 75. 8vo . 1791 . Ι . Β.-Ο. ] * An acute correspondent of the European Magazine , April 1792 , has completely exposed a mistake which has been unac- countably frequent in ascribing these lines to ...
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