The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page vii
... Happy for many a reader would it have been , could a like eulogy be honestly pronounced on every memoir . And even Johnson's character , weighed in this exact balance , has not been found wanting . He is unveiled before us ; his every ...
... Happy for many a reader would it have been , could a like eulogy be honestly pronounced on every memoir . And even Johnson's character , weighed in this exact balance , has not been found wanting . He is unveiled before us ; his every ...
Page ix
... happy would the learned world have been , " says the present bishop Huntingford , " had Pericles , Plato , or Socrates possessed such a friend and companion as Boswell was to Dr. Johnson . " As a picture of men and manners , the chief ...
... happy would the learned world have been , " says the present bishop Huntingford , " had Pericles , Plato , or Socrates possessed such a friend and companion as Boswell was to Dr. Johnson . " As a picture of men and manners , the chief ...
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... manner . When the duke of Leeds shall married be To a fine young lady of high quality , How happy will that gentlewoman be In his grace of Leeds's good company . She shall have all that's fine and fair , And 10 [ 1780 . THE LIFE OF.
... manner . When the duke of Leeds shall married be To a fine young lady of high quality , How happy will that gentlewoman be In his grace of Leeds's good company . She shall have all that's fine and fair , And 10 [ 1780 . THE LIFE OF.
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... happy shall , etc. " It is with pleasure I add , that this stanza could never be more truly applied than at this present time [ 1792 . ] - Boswell . 6 " Having spent an evening at Mr. Langton's with ETAT . 71. ] 11 DR . JOHNSON .
... happy shall , etc. " It is with pleasure I add , that this stanza could never be more truly applied than at this present time [ 1792 . ] - Boswell . 6 " Having spent an evening at Mr. Langton's with ETAT . 71. ] 11 DR . JOHNSON .
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... happy illustration from their writings , and in so luminous a manner , that indeed he may be allowed the full merit of novelty , and to have.discovered to us , as it were , a new planet in the poetical hemisphere . It is remarked by ...
... happy illustration from their writings , and in so luminous a manner , that indeed he may be allowed the full merit of novelty , and to have.discovered to us , as it were , a new planet in the poetical hemisphere . It is remarked by ...
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