The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... letter is , To Mr. Warton , Professor of Poetry in Oxford . The last paragraph of the letter explains the reason of this official formality , which Johnson evidently adopted playfully . Ib . P. 257. 1. 4. Your notes upon my poet were ...
... letter is , To Mr. Warton , Professor of Poetry in Oxford . The last paragraph of the letter explains the reason of this official formality , which Johnson evidently adopted playfully . Ib . P. 257. 1. 4. Your notes upon my poet were ...
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... letter of compliment , which he had received from one of the professors of a foreign uni- versity . Johnson , in an irritable fit , thinking there was too much ostentation , said , ' I never receive any of these tributes of applause ...
... letter of compliment , which he had received from one of the professors of a foreign uni- versity . Johnson , in an irritable fit , thinking there was too much ostentation , said , ' I never receive any of these tributes of applause ...
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... Talking of the minuteness with which people will In a letter written by Johnson to a friend in Jan. 1742-3 , he says , " I never see Garrick . " - MALONE . record the sayings of eminent persons , a story was 6 [ 1780 . THE LIFE OF.
... Talking of the minuteness with which people will In a letter written by Johnson to a friend in Jan. 1742-3 , he says , " I never see Garrick . " - MALONE . record the sayings of eminent persons , a story was 6 [ 1780 . THE LIFE OF.
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... letter giving an account of the battle of Dettingen , he said , ' Here is a letter expressed in terms not good enough for a tallow- chandler to have used . " " " Talking of a court - martial that was sitting upon a very momentous ...
... letter giving an account of the battle of Dettingen , he said , ' Here is a letter expressed in terms not good enough for a tallow- chandler to have used . " " " Talking of a court - martial that was sitting upon a very momentous ...
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... LETTERS . Amiable disposition - but he gives his own character . Elaborate . Think what to say - say what one thinks . Letter on sickness to Steele . On Solitude . Ostentatious benevolence . Professions of sincerity . Neglect of fame ...
... LETTERS . Amiable disposition - but he gives his own character . Elaborate . Think what to say - say what one thinks . Letter on sickness to Steele . On Solitude . Ostentatious benevolence . Professions of sincerity . Neglect of fame ...
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