The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... master of the subject of it , and whose approbation , therefore , must ensure it credit and success ; the life of Dr. Johnson is with the greatest propriety dedicated to sir Joshua Rey- nolds , who was the intimate and beloved friend of ...
... master of the subject of it , and whose approbation , therefore , must ensure it credit and success ; the life of Dr. Johnson is with the greatest propriety dedicated to sir Joshua Rey- nolds , who was the intimate and beloved friend of ...
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... master of the wor- shipful company of stationers , whom I have long known as a worthy man and an obliging friend . In the strangely mixed scenes of human existence , our feelings are often at once pleasing and painful . Of this truth ...
... master of the wor- shipful company of stationers , whom I have long known as a worthy man and an obliging friend . In the strangely mixed scenes of human existence , our feelings are often at once pleasing and painful . Of this truth ...
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... master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Catiline to remark , that his walk was now quick , and again slow , as an indication of a mind revolving with violent commotion . Thus the story of Melancthon affords a striking ...
... master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Catiline to remark , that his walk was now quick , and again slow , as an indication of a mind revolving with violent commotion . Thus the story of Melancthon affords a striking ...
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... 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 . There is surely internal evidence that this little composition combines in it what no child of three years old could ...
... 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 . There is surely internal evidence that this little composition combines in it what no child of three years old could ...
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... master of Lichfield school , “ a man , " said he , " very skilful in his little way . " With him he continued two years , and then rose to be under the care of Mr. Hunter , the head master , who , according to his account , " was very ...
... master of Lichfield school , “ a man , " said he , " very skilful in his little way . " With him he continued two years , and then rose to be under the care of Mr. Hunter , the head master , who , according to his account , " was very ...
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