The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... night , when the Recruiting Officer was acted , he said to Mr. Holland , who had been expressing an apprehension that Dr. Johnson would disdain the works of Farquhar ; ' No , sir , I think Farquhar a man whose writings have consi ...
... night , when the Recruiting Officer was acted , he said to Mr. Holland , who had been expressing an apprehension that Dr. Johnson would disdain the works of Farquhar ; ' No , sir , I think Farquhar a man whose writings have consi ...
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... Night Thoughts for an assembly and a bowling - green . " A letter from a noble foreigner is quoted , in which he is ... night , as in truth it was , there being violent storm of rain and wind . 66 ' No , sir , " replied the doctor , " it ...
... Night Thoughts for an assembly and a bowling - green . " A letter from a noble foreigner is quoted , in which he is ... night , as in truth it was , there being violent storm of rain and wind . 66 ' No , sir , " replied the doctor , " it ...
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... Night Thoughts , which I esteem as a mass of the grandest and richest poetry that human genius has ever produced ; and was delighted to find this character of that work : " In his Night Thoughts he has exhibited a very wide display of ...
... Night Thoughts , which I esteem as a mass of the grandest and richest poetry that human genius has ever produced ; and was delighted to find this character of that work : " In his Night Thoughts he has exhibited a very wide display of ...
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