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... wish , indeed , some few gross expres- sions had been softened , and a few of our hero's foibles had been a little more shaded ; but it is useful to see the weaknesses incident to great minds ; and you have given us Dr. Johnson's ...
... wish , indeed , some few gross expres- sions had been softened , and a few of our hero's foibles had been a little more shaded ; but it is useful to see the weaknesses incident to great minds ; and you have given us Dr. Johnson's ...
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... Wishes , imitated from Juvenal ; his Pro- logue on the opening of Drury - lane Theatre , by Mr. Garrick , and his Irene , a tragedy , they are very numerous , and in general short ; and I have promised a complete edition of them , in ...
... Wishes , imitated from Juvenal ; his Pro- logue on the opening of Drury - lane Theatre , by Mr. Garrick , and his Irene , a tragedy , they are very numerous , and in general short ; and I have promised a complete edition of them , in ...
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... Reader in May , 1749. Letter on Fire - works , in January . 1751. Preface to the Gentleman's Magazine . 1754. Preface . A. C. Criticism on Moore's Gil Blas . C AFTER MY DEATH I WISH NO OTHER HERALD , NO OF DR . JOHNSON'S PROSE WORKS . xxi.
... Reader in May , 1749. Letter on Fire - works , in January . 1751. Preface to the Gentleman's Magazine . 1754. Preface . A. C. Criticism on Moore's Gil Blas . C AFTER MY DEATH I WISH NO OTHER HERALD , NO OF DR . JOHNSON'S PROSE WORKS . xxi.
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James Boswell. AFTER MY DEATH I WISH NO OTHER HERALD , NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS , TO KEEP MINE HONOUR FROM CORRUPTION , BUT SUCH AN HONEST CHRONICLER AS GRIFFITH * • SHAKSPEARE , Henry the Eighth . * See Dr. Johnson's letter ...
James Boswell. AFTER MY DEATH I WISH NO OTHER HERALD , NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS , TO KEEP MINE HONOUR FROM CORRUPTION , BUT SUCH AN HONEST CHRONICLER AS GRIFFITH * • SHAKSPEARE , Henry the Eighth . * See Dr. Johnson's letter ...
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... wish to depreciate him , should , since his death , have laid hold of this circumstance , and insisted upon it with very unfair aggravation . Amidst the oppression and distraction of a disease which very few have felt in its full extent ...
... wish to depreciate him , should , since his death , have laid hold of this circumstance , and insisted upon it with very unfair aggravation . Amidst the oppression and distraction of a disease which very few have felt in its full extent ...
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