The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... excellence to biography are of a vola- tile and evanescent kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how 1 few can portray a living acquaintance , except by his DR . JOHNSON .
... excellence to biography are of a vola- tile and evanescent kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how 1 few can portray a living acquaintance , except by his DR . JOHNSON .
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... soon a succession of copies will lose all resem- blance of the original . " I am fully aware of the objections which may be made to the minuteness , on some occasions , of my detail of John- son's conversation , and how happily it is ...
... soon a succession of copies will lose all resem- blance of the original . " I am fully aware of the objections which may be made to the minuteness , on some occasions , of my detail of John- son's conversation , and how happily it is ...
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... soon found could be of much service to him in his trade , by his knowledge of literature ; and he even obtained the assistance of his pen in furnishing some numbers of a periodical essay printed in the newspaper , of which Warren was ...
... soon found could be of much service to him in his trade , by his knowledge of literature ; and he even obtained the assistance of his pen in furnishing some numbers of a periodical essay printed in the newspaper , of which Warren was ...
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... soon done , one Osborn , who was Mr. Warren's printer , was set to work with what was ready , and Johnson engaged to supply the press with copy as it should be wanted ; but his constitutional indolence soon prevailed , and the work was ...
... soon done , one Osborn , who was Mr. Warren's printer , was set to work with what was ready , and Johnson engaged to supply the press with copy as it should be wanted ; but his constitutional indolence soon prevailed , and the work was ...
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... Soon must this bough , as you shall fix his doom , Adorn Philander's head or grace his tomb . k Mrs. Piozzi gives the following account of this little composition , from Dr. Johnson's own relation to her , on her inquiring whether it ...
... Soon must this bough , as you shall fix his doom , Adorn Philander's head or grace his tomb . k Mrs. Piozzi gives the following account of this little composition , from Dr. Johnson's own relation to her , on her inquiring whether it ...
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