The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksDoig and Stirling, 1815 - 639 pages |
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... verses : Here lies good master duck , Whom Samuel Johnson trod on ; If it had liv'd , it had been good luck , For then we'd had an odd one . This prodigy is scarcely exceeded by the bees on Plato's lips , or the doves that covered the ...
... verses : Here lies good master duck , Whom Samuel Johnson trod on ; If it had liv'd , it had been good luck , For then we'd had an odd one . This prodigy is scarcely exceeded by the bees on Plato's lips , or the doves that covered the ...
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... verses , and in alternate rhyme ? The internal evidence is sufficient to counterbalance any testimony that these verses could be the production of a child of such an early age . But , by good fortune , credulity is relieved from the ...
... verses , and in alternate rhyme ? The internal evidence is sufficient to counterbalance any testimony that these verses could be the production of a child of such an early age . But , by good fortune , credulity is relieved from the ...
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... verses . His figure and manner seemed strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till , upon something which occurred in the course of conversation , he suddenly struck in , and quoted Macrobius : and this gave the ...
... verses . His figure and manner seemed strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till , upon something which occurred in the course of conversation , he suddenly struck in , and quoted Macrobius : and this gave the ...
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... verses , intituled Som- nium , containing a common thought , " that the muse had come to him in his sleep , and ... verse , as a Christmas exercise . He performed it with un- common rapidity , and in so masterly a manner , that he ...
... verses , intituled Som- nium , containing a common thought , " that the muse had come to him in his sleep , and ... verse , as a Christmas exercise . He performed it with un- common rapidity , and in so masterly a manner , that he ...
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... verses , which has not been found . He conceived a tender passion for Miss Lucy Porter , whose mother he afterwards mar- ried , and whom he had frequent opportunities of seeing at the house of Mr Hunter , his 46 THE LIFE OF.
... verses , which has not been found . He conceived a tender passion for Miss Lucy Porter , whose mother he afterwards mar- ried , and whom he had frequent opportunities of seeing at the house of Mr Hunter , his 46 THE LIFE OF.
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