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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... Scotland . * Dr. Johnson at the same time favoured me by marking the lines which he furnished to Goldsmith's " Deserted Village , " which are only the last four : " That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay , " As ocean sweeps the ...
... Scotland . * Dr. Johnson at the same time favoured me by marking the lines which he furnished to Goldsmith's " Deserted Village , " which are only the last four : " That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay , " As ocean sweeps the ...
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... Scotland , I men- tioned to him in a letter that " On my first return to my native country , after some years of absence , I was told of a vast number of my acquaintance who were all gone to the land of forgetfulness , and I found ...
... Scotland , I men- tioned to him in a letter that " On my first return to my native country , after some years of absence , I was told of a vast number of my acquaintance who were all gone to the land of forgetfulness , and I found ...
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... Scotland for propagating Christian know- ledge , had opposed the scheme of translating the holy scriptures into the Erse or Gaelick language , from political considerations of the disadvantage of keeping up the distinction between the ...
... Scotland for propagating Christian know- ledge , had opposed the scheme of translating the holy scriptures into the Erse or Gaelick language , from political considerations of the disadvantage of keeping up the distinction between the ...
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... Scotland , and that I had nothing to complain of but his being more indifferent to my anxiety than I wished him to be . Instead of giving , with the cir- cumstances of time and place , such fragments of his conversation as I preserved ...
... Scotland , and that I had nothing to complain of but his being more indifferent to my anxiety than I wished him to be . Instead of giving , with the cir- cumstances of time and place , such fragments of his conversation as I preserved ...
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... Scotland , and going with me to the Hebrides , but said he would now content himself with seeing one or two of the most curious of them . He said " Macaulay , who 54 1768. It is but justice both to him and E 2 DR . JOHNSON . 51 Ætat. 59 ...
... Scotland , and going with me to the Hebrides , but said he would now content himself with seeing one or two of the most curious of them . He said " Macaulay , who 54 1768. It is but justice both to him and E 2 DR . JOHNSON . 51 Ætat. 59 ...
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