The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... seems not to have seen that the brothers have the advantage in their argu- ment over his Argonaut heroes . - The Sicilian Gossips is a piece of merit . " " Callimachus is a writer of little excellence . The chief thing to be learned ...
... seems not to have seen that the brothers have the advantage in their argu- ment over his Argonaut heroes . - The Sicilian Gossips is a piece of merit . " " Callimachus is a writer of little excellence . The chief thing to be learned ...
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... seems to have been not favourably disposed towards that nobleman . Mrs. Thrale suggests that he was offended by Molly Aston's preference of his lordship to him . I can by no means c Let not my readers smile to think of Johnson's being a ...
... seems to have been not favourably disposed towards that nobleman . Mrs. Thrale suggests that he was offended by Molly Aston's preference of his lordship to him . I can by no means c Let not my readers smile to think of Johnson's being a ...
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... seems to want that quickness of recipro- cation which characterises the English drama , and is not always sufficiently fervid or animated . " Of the sentiments , I remember not one that I wished omitted . In the imagery I cannot forbear ...
... seems to want that quickness of recipro- cation which characterises the English drama , and is not always sufficiently fervid or animated . " Of the sentiments , I remember not one that I wished omitted . In the imagery I cannot forbear ...
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