Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and MenJ. Murray, 1820 - 302 էջ |
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... called him absolutely " the best writer of the age . " He mentioned then , and at several other times , how much , or rather how wholly he himself was obliged to him for the thoughts and reasonings in his Moral Work ; and once in ...
... called him absolutely " the best writer of the age . " He mentioned then , and at several other times , how much , or rather how wholly he himself was obliged to him for the thoughts and reasonings in his Moral Work ; and once in ...
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... called my Satire on Addison . Mr. Addison used me very civilly ever after , and never did me any injustice that I know of , from that time to his death , which was about three years after . - The same . [ Dr. Trapp , who was by at the ...
... called my Satire on Addison . Mr. Addison used me very civilly ever after , and never did me any injustice that I know of , from that time to his death , which was about three years after . - The same . [ Dr. Trapp , who was by at the ...
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... called my Juvenilia ; the second my translations from different authors , under the same period ; the third my own works since ; and the * Dr. Johnson has done this in his late Life of Pope . M. † I read only the first page , in which Ἡ ...
... called my Juvenilia ; the second my translations from different authors , under the same period ; the third my own works since ; and the * Dr. Johnson has done this in his late Life of Pope . M. † I read only the first page , in which Ἡ ...
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... , and the day he spoke of was the Sunday before , May 6th . ] A day or two after he complained of that odd phenomenon ( as he called it ) , of seeing every thing in the room as through a cur- tain OF MEN AND BOOKS . 75.
... , and the day he spoke of was the Sunday before , May 6th . ] A day or two after he complained of that odd phenomenon ( as he called it ) , of seeing every thing in the room as through a cur- tain OF MEN AND BOOKS . 75.
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... called the Medal . One day as the King was walking in the Mall , and talking with Dryden , he said , " If I was a poet ( and I think I am poor enough to be one ) I would write a poem on such a subject in the fol- lowing manner , " and ...
... called the Medal . One day as the King was walking in the Mall , and talking with Dryden , he said , " If I was a poet ( and I think I am poor enough to be one ) I would write a poem on such a subject in the fol- lowing manner , " and ...
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