The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 |
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... wrote two Dialogues , in illustration of this position , in the first of which Johnson attacks Garriok in opposition to Sir Joshua , and in the other defends him against Gibbon . ÆTAT . 69 . DREAD OF DYING . 21 too 20 1778 . LIFE OF ...
... wrote two Dialogues , in illustration of this position , in the first of which Johnson attacks Garriok in opposition to Sir Joshua , and in the other defends him against Gibbon . ÆTAT . 69 . DREAD OF DYING . 21 too 20 1778 . LIFE OF ...
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... wrote nor read . Langton came in and talked . After dinner I wrote . At tea Boswell came in . He stayed till near twelve . " - Pr . ad Med . p . 163. He means , that if it had not been in performance of a promise , he would not have ...
... wrote nor read . Langton came in and talked . After dinner I wrote . At tea Boswell came in . He stayed till near twelve . " - Pr . ad Med . p . 163. He means , that if it had not been in performance of a promise , he would not have ...
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... wrote them . I am vexed at being shown verses in that manner . " MISS REYNOLDS . " But if they should be good , why not give them hearty praise ? " JOHNSON . " Why , Madam , because I have not then got the better of my bad humour from ...
... wrote them . I am vexed at being shown verses in that manner . " MISS REYNOLDS . " But if they should be good , why not give them hearty praise ? " JOHNSON . " Why , Madam , because I have not then got the better of my bad humour from ...
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... wrote the above , besides repeated editions in the general collection of his works during the last twenty years . - M . 1804. Hannah More says , that " Cadell the publisher told her , that he had sold 4,000 the first week . " - Life ...
... wrote the above , besides repeated editions in the general collection of his works during the last twenty years . - M . 1804. Hannah More says , that " Cadell the publisher told her , that he had sold 4,000 the first week . " - Life ...
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... wrote . JoHNSON . " I recollect but one passage quoted by Thucydides from Homer , which is not to be found in our copies of Homer's works ; I am for the antiquity of Homer , and think that a Grecian colony , by being nearer Persia ...
... wrote . JoHNSON . " I recollect but one passage quoted by Thucydides from Homer , which is not to be found in our copies of Homer's works ; I am for the antiquity of Homer , and think that a Grecian colony , by being nearer Persia ...
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