The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... erubuit . " " " The lines are Crashaw's ( who was a Charterhouse boy ) , and were first published in his Epigrammata Sacra at Cambridge in Mr. Burke , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Courtenay , 1634 . AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE ...
... erubuit . " " " The lines are Crashaw's ( who was a Charterhouse boy ) , and were first published in his Epigrammata Sacra at Cambridge in Mr. Burke , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Courtenay , 1634 . AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE ...
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James Boswell. Mr. Burke , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Courtenay , Mr. Malone , and , indeed , all the eminent men to whom I have mentioned this , have thought it an exquisite trait of character . The truth is , that philosophy , like ...
James Boswell. Mr. Burke , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Courtenay , Mr. Malone , and , indeed , all the eminent men to whom I have mentioned this , have thought it an exquisite trait of character . The truth is , that philosophy , like ...
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... Reynolds , that once when he dined in a numerous company of booksellers , where , the room being small , the head of the table , at which he sat , was almost close to the fire , he persevered in suffering a great 1 I am not entirely ...
... Reynolds , that once when he dined in a numerous company of booksellers , where , the room being small , the head of the table , at which he sat , was almost close to the fire , he persevered in suffering a great 1 I am not entirely ...
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... Reynolds observed , with great truth , that Johnson considered Garrick to be as it were his property . He would allow no man either to blame or to praise Garrick in his presence , without contradicting him . Having fallen into a very ...
... Reynolds observed , with great truth , that Johnson considered Garrick to be as it were his property . He would allow no man either to blame or to praise Garrick in his presence , without contradicting him . Having fallen into a very ...
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... Reynolds's , with the learned Dr. Musgrave , Counsellor Leyland of Ireland , son to the historian , Mrs. Cholmonde- ley , and some more ladies . " The Project , " a new poem , was read to the company by Dr. Musgrave . JOHNSON : " Sir ...
... Reynolds's , with the learned Dr. Musgrave , Counsellor Leyland of Ireland , son to the historian , Mrs. Cholmonde- ley , and some more ladies . " The Project , " a new poem , was read to the company by Dr. Musgrave . JOHNSON : " Sir ...
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