The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2, Part 2J. Murray, 1835 |
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Page 143
... literary character had any thing to do with the pension , and no doubt he endea- voured to soften Johnson's resentment by giving , as he does in the above passage , this favour a political colour ; but there also be allowed that he was ...
... literary character had any thing to do with the pension , and no doubt he endea- voured to soften Johnson's resentment by giving , as he does in the above passage , this favour a political colour ; but there also be allowed that he was ...
Page 154
... literary perform- merely poetical , but real and substantantial justice . " - Essays Philoso- phical , Historical , and Literary , London , 1791 , 8vo . , vol . ii . p . 317 . This is well reasoned and well expressed . I wish , indeed ...
... literary perform- merely poetical , but real and substantantial justice . " - Essays Philoso- phical , Historical , and Literary , London , 1791 , 8vo . , vol . ii . p . 317 . This is well reasoned and well expressed . I wish , indeed ...
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... literary world . It may easily be imagined that this my first interview with Dr. Johnson , with all its cir- cumstances , made a strong impression on my mind , and would be registered with peculiar attention . JAMES BOSWELL Efq . of ...
... literary world . It may easily be imagined that this my first interview with Dr. Johnson , with all its cir- cumstances , made a strong impression on my mind , and would be registered with peculiar attention . JAMES BOSWELL Efq . of ...
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... literary merit . At the other examinations , the person thus distinguished may be only the second in merit ; he who has previously obtained the same honorary reward , sometimes receiving a written certificate that he was the best ...
... literary merit . At the other examinations , the person thus distinguished may be only the second in merit ; he who has previously obtained the same honorary reward , sometimes receiving a written certificate that he was the best ...
Page 188
... literary acquisitions he made . " Nihil quod tetigit non ornavit . " ( 2 ) His mind resembled a fertile , but thin soil . There was a quick , but not a strong vegeta- tion , of whatever chanced to be thrown upon it . No deep root could ...
... literary acquisitions he made . " Nihil quod tetigit non ornavit . " ( 2 ) His mind resembled a fertile , but thin soil . There was a quick , but not a strong vegeta- tion , of whatever chanced to be thrown upon it . No deep root could ...
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