The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Privately printed for the Navarre Society Limited, 1924 |
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Page 5
... praise of a writer who traversed a wide extent of country in such haste that he could put together only curt frittered fragments of his own , and afterwards procured supplemental intelligence from parochial ministers , and others not ...
... praise of a writer who traversed a wide extent of country in such haste that he could put together only curt frittered fragments of his own , and afterwards procured supplemental intelligence from parochial ministers , and others not ...
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... praise , of which I gave him a copy . He said : " I would rather have this than degrees from all the univer- sities in Europe . It will be for me , and my children and grandchildren . " Dr Johnson having afterwards asked me if I had ...
... praise , of which I gave him a copy . He said : " I would rather have this than degrees from all the univer- sities in Europe . It will be for me , and my children and grandchildren . " Dr Johnson having afterwards asked me if I had ...
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... praise from such a man as Orme . " " At Mr Dilly's to - day were Mrs Knowles , the ingenious Quaker lady , Miss Seward , the poetess of Lichfield , the Rev. Dr Mayo , and the Rev. Mr Beresford , tutor to the Duke of Bedford . Before ...
... praise from such a man as Orme . " " At Mr Dilly's to - day were Mrs Knowles , the ingenious Quaker lady , Miss Seward , the poetess of Lichfield , the Rev. Dr Mayo , and the Rev. Mr Beresford , tutor to the Duke of Bedford . Before ...
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... praising Garrick these thirty years ; and secondly , because she is rewarded for it by Garrick . Why should she flatter me ? I can do nothing for her . Let her carry her praise to a better market . ( Then turning to Mrs Knowles :) You ...
... praising Garrick these thirty years ; and secondly , because she is rewarded for it by Garrick . Why should she flatter me ? I can do nothing for her . Let her carry her praise to a better market . ( Then turning to Mrs Knowles :) You ...
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... either to blame or to praise Garrick in his presence , without contradicting him . Having fallen into a very serious frame , in which mutual expressions of kindness passed between us , such as would 34 THE LIFE OF DR JOHNSON.
... either to blame or to praise Garrick in his presence , without contradicting him . Having fallen into a very serious frame , in which mutual expressions of kindness passed between us , such as would 34 THE LIFE OF DR JOHNSON.
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