The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... called Senilia ; in which he shows so little learning or taste in writing , as to make Carteret a dactyl . - In matters of genealogy it is necessary to give the bare names as they are ; but in poetry , and in prose of any elegance in ...
... called Senilia ; in which he shows so little learning or taste in writing , as to make Carteret a dactyl . - In matters of genealogy it is necessary to give the bare names as they are ; but in poetry , and in prose of any elegance in ...
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... called to convert him : Tu sei santo , ma tu non sei filosofo .'- It is an unhappy circumstance , that one might give away five hundred pounds in a year to those that importune in the streets , and not do any good . " " There is nothing ...
... called to convert him : Tu sei santo , ma tu non sei filosofo .'- It is an unhappy circumstance , that one might give away five hundred pounds in a year to those that importune in the streets , and not do any good . " " There is nothing ...
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... called Shakespeare Illus- trated . JOHNSON . And did not you tell him that he was a rascal ? ' GOLDSMITH . ، No , sir , I did not . Perhaps he might not mean what he said . ' JOHNSON . 6 Nay , sir , if he lied , it is a different thing ...
... called Shakespeare Illus- trated . JOHNSON . And did not you tell him that he was a rascal ? ' GOLDSMITH . ، No , sir , I did not . Perhaps he might not mean what he said . ' JOHNSON . 6 Nay , sir , if he lied , it is a different thing ...
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... called ' reverend ; ' who speaks with presumptuous petulance of the first literary character of his age . Amidst a cloudy confusion of words , which hath of late too often passed in Scotland for metaphysicks , he thus ventures to ...
... called ' reverend ; ' who speaks with presumptuous petulance of the first literary character of his age . Amidst a cloudy confusion of words , which hath of late too often passed in Scotland for metaphysicks , he thus ventures to ...
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... called out , ' Are we alive after all this satire ? ' " 6 ' The " He had a strong prejudice against the political cha- racter of Secker , one instance of which appeared at Ox- ford , where he expressed great dissatisfaction at his vary ...
... called out , ' Are we alive after all this satire ? ' " 6 ' The " He had a strong prejudice against the political cha- racter of Secker , one instance of which appeared at Ox- ford , where he expressed great dissatisfaction at his vary ...
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