The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... excellent remarks on this subject , interspersed with amusing green- room anecdotes , may be found in a review of Boader's Life of John Philip Kemble , in the Quarterly Rev. Ixvii . 230. The difference of the French and Eng- lish ...
... excellent remarks on this subject , interspersed with amusing green- room anecdotes , may be found in a review of Boader's Life of John Philip Kemble , in the Quarterly Rev. Ixvii . 230. The difference of the French and Eng- lish ...
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... excellent translator of The Lusiad , was there . I have preserved little of the conversation of this evening . Dr. Johnson said , " Thomson had a true poetical genius , the power of viewing every thing in a poetical light . His fault is ...
... excellent translator of The Lusiad , was there . I have preserved little of the conversation of this evening . Dr. Johnson said , " Thomson had a true poetical genius , the power of viewing every thing in a poetical light . His fault is ...
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... excellent Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare is addressed ; and Dr. Harwood , who has written and published various works ; particularly a fantastical translation of the New Testament , in modern phrase , and with a socinian twist . I ...
... excellent Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare is addressed ; and Dr. Harwood , who has written and published various works ; particularly a fantastical translation of the New Testament , in modern phrase , and with a socinian twist . I ...
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... excellent in its kind , when we are quite sober ? Wit is wit , by whatever means it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the spirits are raised by drinking , as by the common participation of any ...
... excellent in its kind , when we are quite sober ? Wit is wit , by whatever means it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the spirits are raised by drinking , as by the common participation of any ...
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... the original manuscript of this excellent dissertation , of which he dictated Mr. Thomson wished to bring the cause by appeal before E 2 ÆTAT . 67. ] 51 DR . JOHNSON . paper, with scandal, defamation, and falsehood. ...
... the original manuscript of this excellent dissertation , of which he dictated Mr. Thomson wished to bring the cause by appeal before E 2 ÆTAT . 67. ] 51 DR . JOHNSON . paper, with scandal, defamation, and falsehood. ...
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