The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century, During which He Flourished. In Three VolumesHenry Baldwin, 1793 |
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... wonderful story that upon the approach of a ftranger all the inhabitants catch cold ; but that it had been fo well authenticated , he determined to retain it . JOHNSON . " Sir , to leave things out of a book , merely B 3 4 1 1772 ...
... wonderful story that upon the approach of a ftranger all the inhabitants catch cold ; but that it had been fo well authenticated , he determined to retain it . JOHNSON . " Sir , to leave things out of a book , merely B 3 4 1 1772 ...
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... wonderful mimick , and used to make me laugh immoderately . I have heard fhe is now gone mad . " BOSWELL . " It is amazing how a mimick can not only give you the geftures and voice of a person whom he reprefents ; but even what a per ...
... wonderful mimick , and used to make me laugh immoderately . I have heard fhe is now gone mad . " BOSWELL . " It is amazing how a mimick can not only give you the geftures and voice of a person whom he reprefents ; but even what a per ...
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... he was afleep or awake , when his mind was impressed with the folemn prefentiment with which the fact afterwards happened fo wonderfully to correfpond . D4 cruel ; 1 1772 . Etat , 63 . cruel , children DR . JOHNSON . 39.
... he was afleep or awake , when his mind was impressed with the folemn prefentiment with which the fact afterwards happened fo wonderfully to correfpond . D4 cruel ; 1 1772 . Etat , 63 . cruel , children DR . JOHNSON . 39.
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... wonderful agility . Johnfon fat in great impatience till the gentleman had finished his tedious narrative , and then burft out , ( playfully however , ) " It is a pity , Sir , that you have not feen a lion ; for a flea has taken you ...
... wonderful agility . Johnfon fat in great impatience till the gentleman had finished his tedious narrative , and then burft out , ( playfully however , ) " It is a pity , Sir , that you have not feen a lion ; for a flea has taken you ...
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... wonderful acumen , pointed out exactly where his compofition began , and where it ended . But that I may do impartial justice , and conform to the great rule of Courts , Suum cuique tribuito , I must add , that their Lord- fhips in ...
... wonderful acumen , pointed out exactly where his compofition began , and where it ended . But that I may do impartial justice , and conform to the great rule of Courts , Suum cuique tribuito , I must add , that their Lord- fhips in ...
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Ætat againſt anſwer aſked Atat authour becauſe BENNET LANGTON beſt cafe cauſe confequence confider confiderable converfation DEAR SIR defire dined Engliſh eſtabliſhed Etat expreffed faid fame feemed feen fend fent fhall fhewed fhould firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftate ftill fubject fuch fuppofe fure Garrick gentleman GOLDSMITH happineſs Hebrides himſelf hiſtory honour houfe houſe humble fervant inftance JAMES BOSWELL JOHNSON juſt lady laft Langton laſt leaſt lefs letter Lichfield London Lord Hailes Lord Monboddo mentioned mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion paffage paffed perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure prefent preferved publick publiſhed puniſhment queſtion reaſon refpect ſaid SAMUEL JOHNSON ſay Scotland ſee ſeems ſeen ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſmall ſome ſpeak ſtate talked tell themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought Thrale tion told univerfally uſed vifit whofe wiſh write yourſelf