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The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and ... - Page xiv
1813
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...that which it condemns ; yet it may gratify auïojty te ¡aforra it, that ibe English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic k bowers, but amid inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress the triumph...
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The Annual Review and History of Literature, Volume 3

Books - 1805 - 984 pages
...number and nature of the works which he published. These, it should be remembered, were written, ' not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but* at intervals snatched from his daily avocations, and amidst a variety of embarrassments, sufficient...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...that which it condemns ; yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and...amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress the triumph of malignant criticism to observe, that if our language is not...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 350 pages
...meanness of f' dedication." Such atnan when he had finished his Dictionary, " not," as he says himself, " in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under "...inconvenience and distraction, in sickness '.' and in sorrow, and without the patronage of *' the Great," was not likely to be caught by the lure thrown...
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The Panoplist, Or, the Christian's Armory, Volume 3

Congregational churches - 1808 - 604 pages
...years, we are sorry, for our country's honour, to say, is undertaken as John* son's dictionary was written, " with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great." So incompetent are the author's resources to the expenses of the undertaking, that we understand he...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...that which it condemns ; yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and...retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amid inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress the triumph of malignant...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 524 pages
...that which it condemns,) yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academick bowers, but amblst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical Illustrative of the ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 520 pages
...that which it condemns,) yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academick bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress...
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Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1809 - 530 pages
...that which it condemns,) yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academick bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1810 - 524 pages
...happiness and peace. And how, and where, did he perform these benefits to his fellow-creatures ? ' Not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under...amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.' " It, surely, is not the least of his merits, that he bestowed such incalculable advantages...
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