The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... LITERARY CLUB ; when , therefore , Dr. Johnson saw Mr. Burke in a situation so much more splendid than that to which he himself had attained , he did not mean to express that he thought it a disproportionate prosperity ; but while he ...
... LITERARY CLUB ; when , therefore , Dr. Johnson saw Mr. Burke in a situation so much more splendid than that to which he himself had attained , he did not mean to express that he thought it a disproportionate prosperity ; but while he ...
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... literary performance . Burke thinks it has no merit . " JOHNSON : " It was refused by one of the houses ; but I should have thought it would succeed , not from any great excellence in the writing , but from the novelty , and the general ...
... literary performance . Burke thinks it has no merit . " JOHNSON : " It was refused by one of the houses ; but I should have thought it would succeed , not from any great excellence in the writing , but from the novelty , and the general ...
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... literary friends ? " JOHNSON : " Sir , you will by and by have enough of this conversation which now delights you so much . " As he was a zealous friend of subordination , he was at all times watchful to repress the vulgar cant against ...
... literary friends ? " JOHNSON : " Sir , you will by and by have enough of this conversation which now delights you so much . " As he was a zealous friend of subordination , he was at all times watchful to repress the vulgar cant against ...
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... literary talk ; and glad to shew you , by the frequency of my visits , how eagerly I love it , when you talk it . " I am , dear Sir , your most humble servant , " London , November 2 , 1778. " " SIR , " SAM . JOHNSON . " TO THE REVEREND ...
... literary talk ; and glad to shew you , by the frequency of my visits , how eagerly I love it , when you talk it . " I am , dear Sir , your most humble servant , " London , November 2 , 1778. " " SIR , " SAM . JOHNSON . " TO THE REVEREND ...
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... Reynolds , whom he always considered as one of his literary school . Much praise indeed is due to those excellent Discourses which are so universally admired , and for which the author received from REYNOLDS' 'DISCOURSES' ...
... Reynolds , whom he always considered as one of his literary school . Much praise indeed is due to those excellent Discourses which are so universally admired , and for which the author received from REYNOLDS' 'DISCOURSES' ...
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