The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: Essay on the life and genius of Dr. Johnson. PoemsT. Longman, B. White and Son, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, J Johnson, C. Dilly, T. Vernor, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, N. Conant, P. Elmsly, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, W. Goldsmith, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sotheby, G. Nicol, J. Murray, A. Strahan, W. Lowndes, T. Evans, W. Bent, S. Hayes, G. and T. Wilkie, T. and J. Egerton, W. Fox, P. M.'Queen, Ogilvie and Speale, Darton and Harvey, G. and C. Kearsley, W. Millar, B. C. Collins, and E. Newbery., 1792 |
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... , than affur- " ing you , that I am , with great truth , Sir , " Your faithful humble fervant , " Trentham , Aug. 1ft . " c 3 " GOWER . This This scheme mifcarried . There is reason to think , GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 37.
... , than affur- " ing you , that I am , with great truth , Sir , " Your faithful humble fervant , " Trentham , Aug. 1ft . " c 3 " GOWER . This This scheme mifcarried . There is reason to think , GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 37.
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Samuel Johnson. This scheme mifcarried . There is reason to think , that Swift declined to meddle in the business ; and to that circumstance Johnson's known diflike of Swift has been often im- puted . It is mortifying to purfue a man of ...
Samuel Johnson. This scheme mifcarried . There is reason to think , that Swift declined to meddle in the business ; and to that circumstance Johnson's known diflike of Swift has been often im- puted . It is mortifying to purfue a man of ...
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... scheme had been referred to Sir Ifaac Newton ; but that great philofopher excufing himself on account of his advanced age , all applications were useless till 1751 , when the subject was referred , by order of Lord Anfon , to Dr ...
... scheme had been referred to Sir Ifaac Newton ; but that great philofopher excufing himself on account of his advanced age , all applications were useless till 1751 , when the subject was referred , by order of Lord Anfon , to Dr ...
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... fuch an institution profitable places would not be wanted . Vatis avarus haud facile eft animus ; and the minifter , who fhall find leifure from party and faction , to carry fuch a scheme into execu- 4 and 118 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
... fuch an institution profitable places would not be wanted . Vatis avarus haud facile eft animus ; and the minifter , who fhall find leifure from party and faction , to carry fuch a scheme into execu- 4 and 118 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
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Samuel Johnson. and faction , to carry fuch a scheme into execu- tion , will , in all probability , be refpected by pofterity as the Mæcenas of letters . We now take leave of Dr. Johníon as an author . Four volumes of his Lives of the ...
Samuel Johnson. and faction , to carry fuch a scheme into execu- tion , will , in all probability , be refpected by pofterity as the Mæcenas of letters . We now take leave of Dr. Johníon as an author . Four volumes of his Lives of the ...
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