The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... excellent place of public amusement , Vauxhall Gardens , which must ever be an estate to its proprietor , as it is peculiarly adapted to the taste of the English nation ; there being a mixture of curious show , — gay exhibition , -music ...
... excellent place of public amusement , Vauxhall Gardens , which must ever be an estate to its proprietor , as it is peculiarly adapted to the taste of the English nation ; there being a mixture of curious show , — gay exhibition , -music ...
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... excellent " Observations on the Statutes , " Johnson waited on that worthy and learned gentleman ; and , having told him his name , courteously said , " I have read your book , Sir , with great pleasure , and wish to be better known to ...
... excellent " Observations on the Statutes , " Johnson waited on that worthy and learned gentleman ; and , having told him his name , courteously said , " I have read your book , Sir , with great pleasure , and wish to be better known to ...
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... excellent work were sold very quickly . A new edition has been printed since his death , besides that in the collection of his works . B. Another edition has been printed since Mr. Boswell wrote the above , besides repeated editions in ...
... excellent work were sold very quickly . A new edition has been printed since his death , besides that in the collection of his works . B. Another edition has been printed since Mr. Boswell wrote the above , besides repeated editions in ...
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... excellent ; but in other respects he is not above other men ; he will believe any thing , and will strenuously defend the most minute circumstances connected with the Church of Eng- land . " BOSWELL : " Believe me , Doctor , you are ...
... excellent ; but in other respects he is not above other men ; he will believe any thing , and will strenuously defend the most minute circumstances connected with the Church of Eng- land . " BOSWELL : " Believe me , Doctor , you are ...
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... excellent remarks , observes , " The turn of Dr. Johnson's lines to Miss Aston , whose Whig principles he had been combating , appears to me , to be taken from an ingenious epigram in the Menagiana , [ vol . iii . p . 376 , edit . 1716 ] ...
... excellent remarks , observes , " The turn of Dr. Johnson's lines to Miss Aston , whose Whig principles he had been combating , appears to me , to be taken from an ingenious epigram in the Menagiana , [ vol . iii . p . 376 , edit . 1716 ] ...
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