The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... merits of Gibbon as an historical writer have been duly appreciated ; and the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire continues to be re- garded by the literati of Europe as one of the most important literary productions of the eighteenth ...
... merits of Gibbon as an historical writer have been duly appreciated ; and the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire continues to be re- garded by the literati of Europe as one of the most important literary productions of the eighteenth ...
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... merit of the book before us mainly consists ; for in its miscellaneous pages there is ever - and - again sketched some pleasing home- scene in the landscape of human life , on which the eye , wearied with the huge masses of history ...
... merit of the book before us mainly consists ; for in its miscellaneous pages there is ever - and - again sketched some pleasing home- scene in the landscape of human life , on which the eye , wearied with the huge masses of history ...
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... merits shine , surely it is cynical to pry out half hidden blemishes . In conclusion to this already too - lengthened advertisement , we beg leave to subjoin some few words on the present edition . The industry of Boswell in searching ...
... merits shine , surely it is cynical to pry out half hidden blemishes . In conclusion to this already too - lengthened advertisement , we beg leave to subjoin some few words on the present edition . The industry of Boswell in searching ...
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... merit . " " Callimachus is a writer of little excellence . The chief thing to be learned from him is his account of rites and mythology ; which , though desirable to be known for the sake of understanding other parts of ancient authors ...
... merit . " " Callimachus is a writer of little excellence . The chief thing to be learned from him is his account of rites and mythology ; which , though desirable to be known for the sake of understanding other parts of ancient authors ...
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... a Secretary to the British herring fishery , remarkable for an extraordinary number of occasional verses , not of eminent merit . - BoswELL . who has passed through life with more observation than Reynolds 41 [ 1780 . THE LIFE OF.
... a Secretary to the British herring fishery , remarkable for an extraordinary number of occasional verses , not of eminent merit . - BoswELL . who has passed through life with more observation than Reynolds 41 [ 1780 . THE LIFE OF.
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