The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous: to which are Now Added Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Works of Mrs. Piozzi;--his Life, Recently Published by Mr. Boswell, and Other Authentic Testimonies; Also His Will, and the Sermon He Wrote for the Late Doctor DoddJ. Kay, 1828 - 292 pages |
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... ; and that , whatever may be the fate of the book , I have been already repaid for my labours , by the satisfaction they have afforded me . THE EDITOR . CONTENTS . Page BIOGRAPHICAL Anecdotes extracted from Mrs. Piozzi Ditto vi PREFACE .
... ; and that , whatever may be the fate of the book , I have been already repaid for my labours , by the satisfaction they have afforded me . THE EDITOR . CONTENTS . Page BIOGRAPHICAL Anecdotes extracted from Mrs. Piozzi Ditto vi PREFACE .
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... Labour and Rest was his favourite ; but Serotinus , the man who returns late in life to receive honours in his native country , and meets with mortification instead of re- spect , was by him considered as a masterpiece in the science of ...
... Labour and Rest was his favourite ; but Serotinus , the man who returns late in life to receive honours in his native country , and meets with mortification instead of re- spect , was by him considered as a masterpiece in the science of ...
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... as if I should throw you out of a three pair of stairs window , and recommend you to fall to the ground . " Being asked his opinion of hunting , he said , " It was the labour of the savages of North America , D 5 DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 45.
... as if I should throw you out of a three pair of stairs window , and recommend you to fall to the ground . " Being asked his opinion of hunting , he said , " It was the labour of the savages of North America , D 5 DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 45.
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... labour of the savages of North America , but the amusement of the gentlemen of England . " When he was told of his friend , Mrs. Thrale's marriage with Piozzi , the Italian singer , he was dumb with surprise for some moments ; at last ...
... labour of the savages of North America , but the amusement of the gentlemen of England . " When he was told of his friend , Mrs. Thrale's marriage with Piozzi , the Italian singer , he was dumb with surprise for some moments ; at last ...
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... " Almighty God , the giver of all good things , without whose help all labour is ineffectual , and without whose grace all wisdom is folly ; grant , I beseech Thee , that in this undertaking thy Holy 50 59 BIOGRAPHICAL ANECDOTES OF.
... " Almighty God , the giver of all good things , without whose help all labour is ineffectual , and without whose grace all wisdom is folly ; grant , I beseech Thee , that in this undertaking thy Holy 50 59 BIOGRAPHICAL ANECDOTES OF.
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