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The Bookworm: An Illustrated Treasury of Old-time Literature - Page 131
1890
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 428 pages
...Englijh Language is fpoken. To this Undertaking he owed the Affluence in which he pa fled the Jaft twenty Years of his Life ; and the Fortune ;which...which though large, had been yet larger, had he not ralhJy and w arttonly impaired it by innumerable Projects, of which 1 know not that ever one fucceeded....
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 392 pages
...fpoken. To this Undertaking he owed the Affluence in which he pafied the lad twenty Years of his Lile ; and the Fortune which he left behind him, which though large, had been yet larger, had henotraflily and wantonly impaired it by innumerable Projects, of which 1 know not that ever one fuccteded....
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces. ...

1774 - 390 pages
...To this Undertaking he owed the Affluence in which he pafled the laft twenty Years of his Life ; ^nd the Fortune which he left behind him, which Though large, had been yet larger, had henotrafhly and wantonly impaired it by innumerable Proje£ls, of which I know not that ever one fucceeded....
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...the Englifh language is fpoken. To this undertaking he owed the affluence in which he patted the laft twenty years of his life, and the fortune which he...which, though large, had been yet larger, had he not ralhly and wantonly impaired it by innumerable projects, of which I know not chat ever one fucceeded....
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...fpoken. To this undertaking he owed the affluence in which he pafled the laft twenty years of his life s and the fortune which he left behind him, which, though large, had been yet larger, had he not rafhly and wantonly impaired it by innumerable projects, of which I know not tuat ever one fucceeded....
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...Englifh. language is fpoken. To this undertaking he owed the affluence in which he pafled the laft twenty years of his life, and the fortune which he left behind him, which, though farge, had been yet larger, had he not rafhly and wantonly impaired it by innumerable projects, of...
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ...

Biography - 1798 - 560 pages
...engHfh Lmgiinge is Ipoken. Го this undertaking he owed the r<ffinence in which he palled the laft twenty years of his life; and the fortune which he left behind him,1 though large, had been yet larger, had he not rafhlyand wantonly impaired it by innumerable projeôs,...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...printed. Johnson's Works, v. 349. In the Life of Cave Johnson describes it as ' a periodical pamphlet, of which the scheme is known wherever the English language is spoken.' Ib. vi. 431. 4 Yet the early numbers contained verses as grossly indecent as I. — 9 indeed, 1 3o...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 554 pages
...the Englifh language is fpoken. To this undertaking he owed the affluence in which he paffed the laft twenty years of his life, and the fortune which he...which, though large, had been yet larger, had he •not raftily and wantonly impaired it by innumerable projects, of which I know not that ever one fucceeded....
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Lives of eminent persons. Letters. Prayers. Index

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 558 pages
...language is fpoken. To this undertaking he owed the affluence in which he paffed the lafl twenty years of of his life, and the fortune which he left behind...which, though large, had been yet larger, had he not rafhly and wantonly impaired it by innumerable projects, of which I know not that ever one fucceeded....
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