The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... literary ambition , " Had this happened twenty years ago , I should have gone to Constantinople to learn Arabick ... Literary Club in 1773 , and died August 11th , 1786. — Malone . Literary Club , Mr. Burke began by saying , that 22 ...
... literary ambition , " Had this happened twenty years ago , I should have gone to Constantinople to learn Arabick ... Literary Club in 1773 , and died August 11th , 1786. — Malone . Literary Club , Mr. Burke began by saying , that 22 ...
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... literary man could not be very en- tertaining . JOHNSON . " But it certainly may . This is a remark which has been made , and repeated , without justice . Why should the life of a literary man be less en- tertaining than the life of any ...
... literary man could not be very en- tertaining . JOHNSON . " But it certainly may . This is a remark which has been made , and repeated , without justice . Why should the life of a literary man be less en- tertaining than the life of any ...
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... Literary Club , í . 376 ; ii . 279 ; iii . 101. 250 ; iv . 164. 294 . Johnson's high opinion of it , iv . 156 . Literary frauds , i . 190 , 191. - Instances of , i . 280 , etc .; iv . 372 , n . property , i . 342 ; ii . 223. 235. 300 ...
... Literary Club , í . 376 ; ii . 279 ; iii . 101. 250 ; iv . 164. 294 . Johnson's high opinion of it , iv . 156 . Literary frauds , i . 190 , 191. - Instances of , i . 280 , etc .; iv . 372 , n . property , i . 342 ; ii . 223. 235. 300 ...
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