The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted ; I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a dedication , when I mention that there has been a long and uninterrupted friendship be ...
... eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted ; I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a dedication , when I mention that there has been a long and uninterrupted friendship be ...
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... - chievous in men of eminence to give way to merriment . The idle and illiterate will often shelter themselves under what they say in those moments . " - Life of BLACKMORE . to be a great fool , as to that particular DEDICATION . vii.
... - chievous in men of eminence to give way to merriment . The idle and illiterate will often shelter themselves under what they say in those moments . " - Life of BLACKMORE . to be a great fool , as to that particular DEDICATION . vii.
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... eminent as the head of a college , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known Johnson from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this ...
... eminent as the head of a college , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known Johnson from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this ...
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... eminent for their rank , learning , talents , and accom- plishments ; much of which praise I have under their hands to be reposited in my archives at Auchinleck . An honour- able and reverend friend , speaking of the favourable re ...
... eminent for their rank , learning , talents , and accom- plishments ; much of which praise I have under their hands to be reposited in my archives at Auchinleck . An honour- able and reverend friend , speaking of the favourable re ...
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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 of 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 of XX CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE.
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