The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 - English literature |
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... propofed or did . There dwelt at Lichfield a gen- tleman of the name of Butt , the father of the reverend Mr. Butt , now a King's Chaplain , to whofe house on holidays and in fchool - vacations he was ever welcome . The children in the ...
... propofed or did . There dwelt at Lichfield a gen- tleman of the name of Butt , the father of the reverend Mr. Butt , now a King's Chaplain , to whofe house on holidays and in fchool - vacations he was ever welcome . The children in the ...
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... propofed to be given , not only to drunkenness , but to drunken- nefs of the most deteftable and dangerous kind , to the abuse not only of intoxicating but of poifonous liquors . Nothing , my lords , is more abfurd than to affert , that ...
... propofed to be given , not only to drunkenness , but to drunken- nefs of the most deteftable and dangerous kind , to the abuse not only of intoxicating but of poifonous liquors . Nothing , my lords , is more abfurd than to affert , that ...
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... propofed , and that the increase of the ⚫ price will diminish the numbers of the purchasers , but it is at the fame time expected , that this tax fhall fupply the expence of a war on the Continent . It is afferted , therefore , that ...
... propofed , and that the increase of the ⚫ price will diminish the numbers of the purchasers , but it is at the fame time expected , that this tax fhall fupply the expence of a war on the Continent . It is afferted , therefore , that ...
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... propofed , with having no regard to any intereft but their own , and with making laws only to confume paper , and threatened them with the defection of their adherents , and the ⚫ lofs of their influence , upon this new discovery of ...
... propofed , with having no regard to any intereft but their own , and with making laws only to confume paper , and threatened them with the defection of their adherents , and the ⚫ lofs of their influence , upon this new discovery of ...
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... propofed to be given him is not intended to palliate his errors in behaviour , truth obliges me to fay , that his outward deportment was in many inftan- ces a juft fubject of cenfure . Before his arrival in town , he was but little ...
... propofed to be given him is not intended to palliate his errors in behaviour , truth obliges me to fay , that his outward deportment was in many inftan- ces a juft fubject of cenfure . Before his arrival in town , he was but little ...
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Page 350 - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Page 127 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Page 490 - ... some of the images being recollected, make an inaccurate auditor imagine, by the help of Caledonian bigotry, that he has formerly heard the whole.
Page 521 - ... too late to praise. If want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss; — the poet cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last a fleeting gleam, or empty sound.
Page 438 - Clerkenwell, where the body is deposited, and give a token of her presence there, by a knock upon her coffin ; it was therefore determined to make this trial of the existence or veracity of the supposed spirit.
Page 363 - I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of.
Page 186 - I have received two letters from you, one written in Latin, the other in French ; which I take in good part, and will you to exercise that practice of learning often : for that will stand you in most stead, in that profession of life that you are born to live in. And...
Page 198 - For years the pow'r of tragedy declin'd; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Nature fled.
Page 292 - I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers...
Page 287 - The place appointed was the Devil Tavern, and there, about the hour of eight, Mrs. Lenox and her husband, and a lady of her acquaintance, still [1785] living, as also the club, and friends to the number of near twenty, assembled.