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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... answered , they were once to be called the Drake and the Raleigh , but now they were to be called the Refolution and the Adventure . JOHNSON . " Much better ; for had the Raleigh returned without going round the world , it would have ...
... answered , they were once to be called the Drake and the Raleigh , but now they were to be called the Refolution and the Adventure . JOHNSON . " Much better ; for had the Raleigh returned without going round the world , it would have ...
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... answered I fhould think it neceffary to fight . Why then ( replied Goldsmith , ) that folves the question . " JOHNSON . " No , Sir , it does not folve the question . It does not follow that what a man would do is therefore right . " I ...
... answered I fhould think it neceffary to fight . Why then ( replied Goldsmith , ) that folves the question . " JOHNSON . " No , Sir , it does not folve the question . It does not follow that what a man would do is therefore right . " I ...
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... , while they were yet in the field , jeftingly asked him where was his prophecy now . Pendergraft gravely answered , " I shall die , not- withstanding 1 Soon afterwards , 4 Sir withstanding what you fee 38 THE LIFE OF.
... , while they were yet in the field , jeftingly asked him where was his prophecy now . Pendergraft gravely answered , " I shall die , not- withstanding 1 Soon afterwards , 4 Sir withstanding what you fee 38 THE LIFE OF.
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... answered , " A conceited fellow . Were a man to write fo now , the boys would throw ftones at him . " He however did not alter my opinion of a favourite authour , to whom I was first directed by his being quoted in " The Spectator ...
... answered , " A conceited fellow . Were a man to write fo now , the boys would throw ftones at him . " He however did not alter my opinion of a favourite authour , to whom I was first directed by his being quoted in " The Spectator ...
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... answer , nor have I found any one else who could . What is the reason that women fervants , though obliged to be at the ex- penfe of purchafing their own clothes , have much lower wages than men fervants , to whom a great proportion of ...
... answer , nor have I found any one else who could . What is the reason that women fervants , though obliged to be at the ex- penfe of purchafing their own clothes , have much lower wages than men fervants , to whom a great proportion of ...
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