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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... writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his life- time , because he may be hurt in his worldly interest , or at least hurt in his mind : but the law does not 4 Dr ...
... writing freely concerning the characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his life- time , because he may be hurt in his worldly interest , or at least hurt in his mind : but the law does not 4 Dr ...
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... writing the pro- posals for his Dictionary , and also a little in the Dictionary itself . I also learnt from Dr. Lawrence , but was then grown more stubborn . " A curious incident happened to - day , while Mr. Thrale and I sat with him ...
... writing the pro- posals for his Dictionary , and also a little in the Dictionary itself . I also learnt from Dr. Lawrence , but was then grown more stubborn . " A curious incident happened to - day , while Mr. Thrale and I sat with him ...
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... writer in prose , and his language full of Scotticisms , Cibber , who was a clever , lively fellow , and then ... write several of the Lives ; which , ( as we are told , ) he , accordingly , performed . He was farther useful in ...
... writer in prose , and his language full of Scotticisms , Cibber , who was a clever , lively fellow , and then ... write several of the Lives ; which , ( as we are told , ) he , accordingly , performed . He was farther useful in ...
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... write chiefly from their own minds . The Monthly Reviewers are duller men , and are glad to read the books through . " He talked of Lord Lyttelton's extreme anxiety as an authour ; observing , that " he was thirty years in preparing his ...
... write chiefly from their own minds . The Monthly Reviewers are duller men , and are glad to read the books through . " He talked of Lord Lyttelton's extreme anxiety as an authour ; observing , that " he was thirty years in preparing his ...
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... seems not just , considering for how many ages books were pre- served by writing alone . * * [ The author did not recollect that of the books preserved Ætat . 67 . 1776. The same gentleman maintained , D 2 DR . JOHNSON . 35 1776. ...
... seems not just , considering for how many ages books were pre- served by writing alone . * * [ The author did not recollect that of the books preserved Ætat . 67 . 1776. The same gentleman maintained , D 2 DR . JOHNSON . 35 1776. ...
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