“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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... Warton's enriching the collection with several admirable essays . Johnson's saying " I have no part in the paper , beyond now and then a motto , " may seem inconsistent with his being the authour of the papers marked T. But he had , at ...
... Warton's enriching the collection with several admirable essays . Johnson's saying " I have no part in the paper , beyond now and then a motto , " may seem inconsistent with his being the authour of the papers marked T. But he had , at ...
Page 165
... Warton ; but labour- ing under the most deplorable languor of body and dejection of mind . " [ In a letter to Dr. Joseph Warton , written some months before , ( March 8 , 1754 , ) Dr. Johnson thus speaks of Collins : " But how little ...
... Warton ; but labour- ing under the most deplorable languor of body and dejection of mind . " [ In a letter to Dr. Joseph Warton , written some months before , ( March 8 , 1754 , ) Dr. Johnson thus speaks of Collins : " But how little ...
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... Warton to Mr. Thomas Warton , not long afterwards ( January 28 , 1766 ) is a paragraph which may throw some light on various passages in Dr. Warton's edition of Pope , relative to Johnson : - " I only dined with Johnson , who seemed ...
... Warton to Mr. Thomas Warton , not long afterwards ( January 28 , 1766 ) is a paragraph which may throw some light on various passages in Dr. Warton's edition of Pope , relative to Johnson : - " I only dined with Johnson , who seemed ...
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