The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Հատոր 2,Մաս 1J. Murray, 1835 |
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... eminence he treated with external civility , distin- guished himself upon this occasion . Mr. Pelham having died on the very day on which Lord Boling- broke's works came out , he wrote an elegant Ode on his death , beginning . " Let ...
... eminence he treated with external civility , distin- guished himself upon this occasion . Mr. Pelham having died on the very day on which Lord Boling- broke's works came out , he wrote an elegant Ode on his death , beginning . " Let ...
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... eminent bookseller of Paris . ( 2 ) Mr. Strahan's liberality , judgment , and success , are well known . LETTER 42. TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . At Langton , Lincolnshire . " May 6. 1755 . " SIR , It has been long observed , that men do ...
... eminent bookseller of Paris . ( 2 ) Mr. Strahan's liberality , judgment , and success , are well known . LETTER 42. TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . At Langton , Lincolnshire . " May 6. 1755 . " SIR , It has been long observed , that men do ...
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... eminent instance of a double talent , of which Johnson was fully conscious . Sir Joshua Reynolds heard him say , " There are two things which I am confident I can do very well : one is an introduction to any literary work , stating what ...
... eminent instance of a double talent , of which Johnson was fully conscious . Sir Joshua Reynolds heard him say , " There are two things which I am confident I can do very well : one is an introduction to any literary work , stating what ...
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... eminent for literature and vivacity , sallied forth with a little Jeu d'Esprit upon the following passage in his Grammar of the English Tongue , prefixed to the Dictionary : " H seldom , perhaps never , begins any but the first syllable ...
... eminent for literature and vivacity , sallied forth with a little Jeu d'Esprit upon the following passage in his Grammar of the English Tongue , prefixed to the Dictionary : " H seldom , perhaps never , begins any but the first syllable ...
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... eminent proof at once of his orthodoxy and candour . " The authors of the essays in prose seem generally to have imitated , or tried to imitate , the copiousness and luxuriance of Mrs. Rowe . This , however , is not +1 7 his Rover ...
... eminent proof at once of his orthodoxy and candour . " The authors of the essays in prose seem generally to have imitated , or tried to imitate , the copiousness and luxuriance of Mrs. Rowe . This , however , is not +1 7 his Rover ...
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