The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... published very soon after his death : - " When 4 Published by Kearsley , with this well - chosen motto : -From his cradle He was a scholar , and a ripe and good one : And , to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him , he ...
... published very soon after his death : - " When 4 Published by Kearsley , with this well - chosen motto : -From his cradle He was a scholar , and a ripe and good one : And , to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him , he ...
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... published . TO MRS . FRANCES REYNOLDS . " DEAREST MADAM , -There is in these [ f . pages , or remarks , ] such depth of penetration , such nicety of observation , as Locke or Pascal might be proud of . This I desire you to believe is my ...
... published . TO MRS . FRANCES REYNOLDS . " DEAREST MADAM , -There is in these [ f . pages , or remarks , ] such depth of penetration , such nicety of observation , as Locke or Pascal might be proud of . This I desire you to believe is my ...
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... published since his death , are sufficiently as- certained . I have before me , in his handwriting , a fragment of twenty quarto leaves , of a translation into English of Sallust De Bello Catilinario . When it was done I have no notion ...
... published since his death , are sufficiently as- certained . I have before me , in his handwriting , a fragment of twenty quarto leaves , of a translation into English of Sallust De Bello Catilinario . When it was done I have no notion ...
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