The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksJ. & A. Arch, 1795 - 307 páginas |
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... see a juft tribute of approbation paid to its merit in the ex- tenfiveness of its fale , ten numerous edi- tions of it having been printed in Lon- don , before his death , befides those of Ire- land and Scotland . This year he wrote a ...
... see a juft tribute of approbation paid to its merit in the ex- tenfiveness of its fale , ten numerous edi- tions of it having been printed in Lon- don , before his death , befides those of Ire- land and Scotland . This year he wrote a ...
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... see them a- gain . " In a letter to Mr. Green , at Litch- field , 2d December 1784 , he enclosed the Epitaph on his father , mother , and brother , and ordered it to be engraved on a ftone , deep , maffy , and hard , " and laid on " the ...
... see them a- gain . " In a letter to Mr. Green , at Litch- field , 2d December 1784 , he enclosed the Epitaph on his father , mother , and brother , and ordered it to be engraved on a ftone , deep , maffy , and hard , " and laid on " the ...
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... faculties brought forward in their full power . We scarcely see any attempt , beyond a periodical paper , which he did not profeffedly continue with laffi- tude and fatigue . He deferves the character of master of the Latin language [ 192 ]
... faculties brought forward in their full power . We scarcely see any attempt , beyond a periodical paper , which he did not profeffedly continue with laffi- tude and fatigue . He deferves the character of master of the Latin language [ 192 ]
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... see- ing him struggle with illness and morbid melancholy , it is comfortable to hear him say , almost at the close of life " Attention and refpect give pleasure , however late , and however ufelefs . But they are not useless , even when ...
... see- ing him struggle with illness and morbid melancholy , it is comfortable to hear him say , almost at the close of life " Attention and refpect give pleasure , however late , and however ufelefs . But they are not useless , even when ...
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... that knowledge which we often see to be no better than lumber in men of dull un- derstanding , was in him true , evident , and actual wifdom . His moral precepts are practical ; for they are drawn from an in- timate Rij [ 261 ] of him, ...
... that knowledge which we often see to be no better than lumber in men of dull un- derstanding , was in him true , evident , and actual wifdom . His moral precepts are practical ; for they are drawn from an in- timate Rij [ 261 ] of him, ...
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