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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... shewed , that a man who has risen in the world , must not be condemned too harshly , for be- ing distant to former acquaintance , even though he may have been much obliged to them . It is , no doubt , to be wished , that a proper de ...
... shewed , that a man who has risen in the world , must not be condemned too harshly , for be- ing distant to former acquaintance , even though he may have been much obliged to them . It is , no doubt , to be wished , that a proper de ...
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... shewed him as a curiosity which I had discovered , his " Translation of Lobo's Account of Abyssinia , " which Sir John Pringle had lent me , it being then little known as one of his works . He said , " Take no notice of it , " or " don ...
... shewed him as a curiosity which I had discovered , his " Translation of Lobo's Account of Abyssinia , " which Sir John Pringle had lent me , it being then little known as one of his works . He said , " Take no notice of it , " or " don ...
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... shewed both that a journal of his Tour upon the Continent was not wholly out of his con- templation , and that he uniformly adhered to that strange opinion , which his indolent disposition made him utter : " No man but a blockhead ever ...
... shewed both that a journal of his Tour upon the Continent was not wholly out of his con- templation , and that he uniformly adhered to that strange opinion , which his indolent disposition made him utter : " No man but a blockhead ever ...
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... shewed me a translation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of hint by Pether , from a picture by Fry , which hangs in the hall of the Scriveners ' company . I visited him Octo ...
... shewed me a translation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of hint by Pether , from a picture by Fry , which hangs in the hall of the Scriveners ' company . I visited him Octo ...
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... shewed me an ode of his own , with an absurd couplet , making a linnet soar on an eagle's wing . I told him that when the ancients made a simile , they always made it like something real . " Mr. Wilkes remarked , that " among all the ...
... shewed me an ode of his own , with an absurd couplet , making a linnet soar on an eagle's wing . I told him that when the ancients made a simile , they always made it like something real . " Mr. Wilkes remarked , that " among all the ...
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