The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... hand , or more wise when he had . " " ยท " He told in his lively manner the following literary anecdote : Green and Guthrie , an Irishman and a Scotch- man , undertook a translation of Duhalde's History of China . Green said of Guthrie ...
... hand , or more wise when he had . " " ยท " He told in his lively manner the following literary anecdote : Green and Guthrie , an Irishman and a Scotch- man , undertook a translation of Duhalde's History of China . Green said of Guthrie ...
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... hand of Mrs. Thrale as one of his copyists of select passages . But he was principally indebted to my steady friend Mr. Isaac Reed of Staple - inn , whose extensive and accurate know- ledge of English literary history I do not express ...
... hand of Mrs. Thrale as one of his copyists of select passages . But he was principally indebted to my steady friend Mr. Isaac Reed of Staple - inn , whose extensive and accurate know- ledge of English literary history I do not express ...
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... hand of Johnson ? I shall select only the following passage con- cerning Paradise Lost . 66 Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work , and marked his reputation stealing its ...
... hand of Johnson ? I shall select only the following passage con- cerning Paradise Lost . 66 Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work , and marked his reputation stealing its ...
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... hand , is it wrong , it is not generous , to become an indignant avenger ? -Boswell . " The remarks he ( Dr. Johnson ) makes in every page on my commentaries , are full of insolent and malignant reflections , which , had they not in ...
... hand , is it wrong , it is not generous , to become an indignant avenger ? -Boswell . " The remarks he ( Dr. Johnson ) makes in every page on my commentaries , are full of insolent and malignant reflections , which , had they not in ...
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... hands of Dr. John- son , who I am sorry to think , made but an awkward re- " Great assistance , " says he , " has been given me by Mr. Spence's collection , of which I consider the com- munication as a favour worthy of publick ...
... hands of Dr. John- son , who I am sorry to think , made but an awkward re- " Great assistance , " says he , " has been given me by Mr. Spence's collection , of which I consider the com- munication as a favour worthy of publick ...
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