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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... favour me with a single letter for more than two years , for which it will ap- pear that he afterwards apologised ... favoured with them , are unwilling should be mentioned , from a too anxious apprehen- sion , as I think , that they ...
... favour me with a single letter for more than two years , for which it will ap- pear that he afterwards apologised ... favoured with them , are unwilling should be mentioned , from a too anxious apprehen- sion , as I think , that they ...
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... favour ; and the pleasure which I promise myself from your journals and remarks is so great , that perhaps no de- gree of attention or discernment will be sufficient to afford it . " Come home , however , and take your chance . I long ...
... favour ; and the pleasure which I promise myself from your journals and remarks is so great , that perhaps no de- gree of attention or discernment will be sufficient to afford it . " Come home , however , and take your chance . I long ...
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... 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 labour'd mole away : " While self ...
... 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 labour'd mole away : " While self ...
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... favoured me with a long , in- telligent , and very obliging letter upon this work , makes the fol- lowing remark . " Dr. Johnson has alluded to the worthy man employed in the translation of the New Testament . Might not this have ...
... favoured me with a long , in- telligent , and very obliging letter upon this work , makes the fol- lowing remark . " Dr. Johnson has alluded to the worthy man employed in the translation of the New Testament . Might not this have ...
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... ( said Johnson , ) but Warburton did more for Pope ; he made him a Christian : " alluding , no doubt , to his inge- nious comments on the " Essay on Man . " were favoured by them would frequently , from grati- 1767 40 THE LIFE OF.
... ( said Johnson , ) but Warburton did more for Pope ; he made him a Christian : " alluding , no doubt , to his inge- nious comments on the " Essay on Man . " were favoured by them would frequently , from grati- 1767 40 THE LIFE OF.
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