The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works ... and Various Original Pieces ... Never Before Published ...T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1804 |
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... respect , this Work will , in some passages , be different from the former . In my " Tour , " I was almost unboundedly open in my communications , and from my eagerness to display the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit ...
... respect , this Work will , in some passages , be different from the former . In my " Tour , " I was almost unboundedly open in my communications , and from my eagerness to display the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit ...
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... respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no ... respect due to the publick which should oblige every Authour to attend to this , and never to presume to introduce ...
... respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no ... respect due to the publick which should oblige every Authour to attend to this , and never to presume to introduce ...
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... respecting Falkland's Islands . acknowl . 1772. Defence of a Schoolmaster ; dictated to me for the House of Lords . acknowl . Argument in Support of the Law of Vicious Intromission ; dictated to me for the Court of Session in Scotland ...
... respecting Falkland's Islands . acknowl . 1772. Defence of a Schoolmaster ; dictated to me for the House of Lords . acknowl . Argument in Support of the Law of Vicious Intromission ; dictated to me for the Court of Session in Scotland ...
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... respect to be paid to knowledge , to virtue and to truth . " 4 What I consider as the peculiar value of the fol- lowing work , is , the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversation ; which is universally acknowledged to have been ...
... respect to be paid to knowledge , to virtue and to truth . " 4 What I consider as the peculiar value of the fol- lowing work , is , the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversation ; which is universally acknowledged to have been ...
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... respect could I discern any defect in his vision ; on the con- trary , the force of his attention and perceptive quick- ness made him see and distinguish all manner of ob- jects , whether of nature or of art , with a nicety that is ...
... respect could I discern any defect in his vision ; on the con- trary , the force of his attention and perceptive quick- ness made him see and distinguish all manner of ob- jects , whether of nature or of art , with a nicety that is ...
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