“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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Page 186
... original essays , or his reviews of the works of others . The " Prelimin- ary Address " † to the publick , is a proof how this great man could embellish , with the graces of superiour composition , even so trite a thing as the plan of a ...
... original essays , or his reviews of the works of others . The " Prelimin- ary Address " † to the publick , is a proof how this great man could embellish , with the graces of superiour composition , even so trite a thing as the plan of a ...
Page 297
... original members were , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Dr. Johnson , Mr. Edmund Burke , Dr. Nugent , Mr. Beauclerk , Mr. Langton , Dr. Goldsmith , Mr. Chamier , and Sir John Hawkins . They met at the Turk's Head , in Gerrard - street , Soho ...
... original members were , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Dr. Johnson , Mr. Edmund Burke , Dr. Nugent , Mr. Beauclerk , Mr. Langton , Dr. Goldsmith , Mr. Chamier , and Sir John Hawkins . They met at the Turk's Head , in Gerrard - street , Soho ...
Page 474
... original . The right of patronage was not at first a privilege torn by power from unresisting poverty . It is not an authority at first usurped in times of ignorance , and established only by succession and by precedents . It is not a ...
... original . The right of patronage was not at first a privilege torn by power from unresisting poverty . It is not an authority at first usurped in times of ignorance , and established only by succession and by precedents . It is not a ...
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