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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... Letter to the People of Scotland , against diminishing the number of the Lords of Session , " published in 1785 , there is the following passage , which , as a concise , and I hope a fair and rational state of the matter , I presume to ...
... Letter to the People of Scotland , against diminishing the number of the Lords of Session , " published in 1785 , there is the following passage , which , as a concise , and I hope a fair and rational state of the matter , I presume to ...
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... letter from the East - Indies , from a gentleman whom I formerly knew very well ; he had returned from that country with a handsome fortune , as it was reckoned , before means were found to acquire those immense sums which have been ...
... letter from the East - Indies , from a gentleman whom I formerly knew very well ; he had returned from that country with a handsome fortune , as it was reckoned , before means were found to acquire those immense sums which have been ...
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... owing to confidence in him , and indolence in them . " " Lord Chesterfield's Letters to his son , I think , might be made a very pretty book . Take out the " Etat . 67 . immorality , and it should 7 50 THE LIFE OF 1776. ...
... owing to confidence in him , and indolence in them . " " Lord Chesterfield's Letters to his son , I think , might be made a very pretty book . Take out the " Etat . 67 . immorality , and it should 7 50 THE LIFE OF 1776. ...
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... Letters being mentioned , Johnson surprized the company by this sentence : Every man of any education would rather be called a rascal , than accused of deficiency in the graces . " Mr. Gibbon , who was present , turned to a lady who ...
... Letters being mentioned , Johnson surprized the company by this sentence : Every man of any education would rather be called a rascal , than accused of deficiency in the graces . " Mr. Gibbon , who was present , turned to a lady who ...
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... letters concerning an Epitaph which he wrote for the monument of Dr. Goldsmith , in Westminster - Abbey , afford at once a proof of his unaffected modesty , his carelessness as to his own writings , and of the great respect which he ...
... letters concerning an Epitaph which he wrote for the monument of Dr. Goldsmith , in Westminster - Abbey , afford at once a proof of his unaffected modesty , his carelessness as to his own writings , and of the great respect which he ...
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