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... excepting his Latin translation of Pope's Messiah , his London , and his Vanity of Human Wishes , imitated from Juvenal ; his Pro- logue on the opening of Drury - lane Theatre , by Mr. Garrick , and his Irene , a tragedy , they are ...
... excepting his Latin translation of Pope's Messiah , his London , and his Vanity of Human Wishes , imitated from Juvenal ; his Pro- logue on the opening of Drury - lane Theatre , by Mr. Garrick , and his Irene , a tragedy , they are ...
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First Paragraph of Mr. Thomas Davies's Life of Garrick ; acknowl . 1781. Prefaces , Biographical and Critical , to the works of the most eminent ; 1781 . : English Poets afterwards published with the title XX CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE.
First Paragraph of Mr. Thomas Davies's Life of Garrick ; acknowl . 1781. Prefaces , Biographical and Critical , to the works of the most eminent ; 1781 . : English Poets afterwards published with the title XX CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE.
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Among other eminent men , Addison , Wollaston , Garrick , and bishop Newton , were educated at this school . There were , at one period , five judges upon the bench of that school : lord chief justice Willis , lord chief baron Parker ...
Among other eminent men , Addison , Wollaston , Garrick , and bishop Newton , were educated at this school . There were , at one period , five judges upon the bench of that school : lord chief justice Willis , lord chief baron Parker ...
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... and his own merit , had , from his earliest years , secured him a kind reception in the best families at Lichfield . Among these I can mention Mr. Howard , Dr. Swinfen , Mr. Simpson , Mr. Levett , captain Garrick , father of the ...
... and his own merit , had , from his earliest years , secured him a kind reception in the best families at Lichfield . Among these I can mention Mr. Howard , Dr. Swinfen , Mr. Simpson , Mr. Levett , captain Garrick , father of the ...
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... with Dr. James , whose skill in physick will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick , whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our com- mon friend . But what are the hopes of man ! I am dis- appointed by that ...
... with Dr. James , whose skill in physick will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick , whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our com- mon friend . But what are the hopes of man ! I am dis- appointed by that ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 1 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2010 |
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