The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... known , and has been so liberally patronized , that the proprietors feel themselves ex- empted from the necessity of any farther explanation of their system ; but gratitude impels them to take this fresh oppor- tunity of thanking a ...
... known , and has been so liberally patronized , that the proprietors feel themselves ex- empted from the necessity of any farther explanation of their system ; but gratitude impels them to take this fresh oppor- tunity of thanking a ...
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... known for the sake of understanding other parts of ancient authors , is the least pleasing or valuable part of their writings . " 66 Mattaire's account of the Stephani is a heavy book . He seems to have been a puzzle - headed man , with ...
... known for the sake of understanding other parts of ancient authors , is the least pleasing or valuable part of their writings . " 66 Mattaire's account of the Stephani is a heavy book . He seems to have been a puzzle - headed man , with ...
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... His Latin ( says the author of Nouveau Dic- tionnaire Historique , 1789 , ) would have been more pure if he had not known so many languages . - MALONE . sell ; and my poor friend Doddy said , publick ETAT . 71. ] 15 DR . JOHNSON .
... His Latin ( says the author of Nouveau Dic- tionnaire Historique , 1789 , ) would have been more pure if he had not known so many languages . - MALONE . sell ; and my poor friend Doddy said , publick ETAT . 71. ] 15 DR . JOHNSON .
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... known that his lordship died before the sentence was made known . " " Johnson one day gave high praise to Dr. Bentley's verses in Dodsley's collection , which he recited with his q It should be remembered , that this was said twenty ...
... known that his lordship died before the sentence was made known . " " Johnson one day gave high praise to Dr. Bentley's verses in Dodsley's collection , which he recited with his q It should be remembered , that this was said twenty ...
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... as well as after Shakespeare . The workings of an ordinary mind keep pace , indeed , with time ; they move no faster ; they have their beginning , their middle , and their " It is well known that there was formerly a 20 [ 1780 . THE LIFE ...
... as well as after Shakespeare . The workings of an ordinary mind keep pace , indeed , with time ; they move no faster ; they have their beginning , their middle , and their " It is well known that there was formerly a 20 [ 1780 . THE LIFE ...
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