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Page vi
... seems to confirm the accuracy of Malone's prediction . But the publick have so long expressed their approbation of the work now once more offered to their notice , that we feel ourselves relieved from the necessity of an elabo- rate ...
... seems to confirm the accuracy of Malone's prediction . But the publick have so long expressed their approbation of the work now once more offered to their notice , that we feel ourselves relieved from the necessity of an elabo- rate ...
Page xii
... relating to Polypheme , may seem to some too minute . We trust , at all events , that our readers will accept them as evidence of our vigilant attention to our duty . Oxford , March , 1827 . THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. BEING.
... relating to Polypheme , may seem to some too minute . We trust , at all events , that our readers will accept them as evidence of our vigilant attention to our duty . Oxford , March , 1827 . THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. BEING.
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... seems not to have seen that the brothers have the advantage in their argu- ment over his Argonaut heroes . - The Sicilian Gossips is a piece of merit . " " Callimachus is a writer of little excellence . The chief thing to be learned ...
... seems not to have seen that the brothers have the advantage in their argu- ment over his Argonaut heroes . - The Sicilian Gossips is a piece of merit . " " Callimachus is a writer of little excellence . The chief thing to be learned ...
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... seems to suppose his understanding too powerful for his company . " " Having asked Mr. Langton if his father and mother had sat for their pictures , which he thought it right for each generation of a family to do , and being told they ...
... seems to suppose his understanding too powerful for his company . " " Having asked Mr. Langton if his father and mother had sat for their pictures , which he thought it right for each generation of a family to do , and being told they ...
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... seems to have little to do . ' Mr. Beau- clerk observed , ، Then , to be sure , Spence turned round and wrote that down ; ' and went on to say to Dr. Johnson , Pope , sir , would have said the same of you , if he had seen you distilling ...
... seems to have little to do . ' Mr. Beau- clerk observed , ، Then , to be sure , Spence turned round and wrote that down ; ' and went on to say to Dr. Johnson , Pope , sir , would have said the same of you , if he had seen you distilling ...
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