“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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... character , is , I trust , too well established in the judgement of mankind , to be at all shaken by a sneering observation of Mr. Mason , in his Memoirs of Mr. William Whitehead , in which there is literally no Life , but a mere dry ...
... character , is , I trust , too well established in the judgement of mankind , to be at all shaken by a sneering observation of Mr. Mason , in his Memoirs of Mr. William Whitehead , in which there is literally no Life , but a mere dry ...
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... character of a " respectable Hottentot , " in Lord Chesterfield's letters , has been generally understood to be neant for Johnson , and I have no doubt that it was . But I emember when the Literary Property of those letters was con ...
... character of a " respectable Hottentot , " in Lord Chesterfield's letters , has been generally understood to be neant for Johnson , and I have no doubt that it was . But I emember when the Literary Property of those letters was con ...
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... character exhibited on the stage as that of Croaker . I observed it was the Suspirius of his Rambler . He said ... characters of nature and characters of manners ; and there is the difference between the characters of Fielding and ...
... character exhibited on the stage as that of Croaker . I observed it was the Suspirius of his Rambler . He said ... characters of nature and characters of manners ; and there is the difference between the characters of Fielding and ...
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