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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... manners , was more striking to me now , from my having been accustomed to the studied smooth complying habits of the Continent ; and I clearly recognised in him , not without respect for his honest conscientious zeal , the same ...
... manners , was more striking to me now , from my having been accustomed to the studied smooth complying habits of the Continent ; and I clearly recognised in him , not without respect for his honest conscientious zeal , the same ...
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... manner , with a sonorous voice , and never in that subdued tone which is commonly used at the levee and in the ... manners 42 THE LIFE OF.
... manner , with a sonorous voice , and never in that subdued tone which is commonly used at the levee and in the ... manners 42 THE LIFE OF.
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... manners are 1767 . those of as fine a gentleman as we may suppose tat . 58 . Lewis the Fourteenth or Charles the Second ... manner , was very active in pressing him to mention the paticulars . " Come now , Sir , this is an interesting ...
... manners are 1767 . those of as fine a gentleman as we may suppose tat . 58 . Lewis the Fourteenth or Charles the Second ... manner , was very active in pressing him to mention the paticulars . " Come now , Sir , this is an interesting ...
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... manner as could not fail to be very grate- ful to a Monarch , distinguished for his love of the sciences . This year was published a ridicule of his style , under the title of " Lexiphanes . " Sir John Hawkins ascribes it to Dr. Kenrick ...
... manner as could not fail to be very grate- ful to a Monarch , distinguished for his love of the sciences . This year was published a ridicule of his style , under the title of " Lexiphanes . " Sir John Hawkins ascribes it to Dr. Kenrick ...
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... manners . But I cannot help being of opinion , that the neat watches of Fielding are as well constructed as the large clocks of Richardson , and that his dial - plates are brighter . Fielding's characters , though they do not expand ...
... manners . But I cannot help being of opinion , that the neat watches of Fielding are as well constructed as the large clocks of Richardson , and that his dial - plates are brighter . Fielding's characters , though they do not expand ...
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