The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... appeared in 1831. The new editor was , as everyone knows , severely chastised by both Macaulay and Carlyle , and much of the chastisement was undoubtedly deserved . His liberties with Boswell's text were indefensible on any grounds ; he ...
... appeared in 1831. The new editor was , as everyone knows , severely chastised by both Macaulay and Carlyle , and much of the chastisement was undoubtedly deserved . His liberties with Boswell's text were indefensible on any grounds ; he ...
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... appearing fully sensible of it , where can I find one , in complimenting whom I can with more general approbation gratify those feelings ? Your excellence , not only in the Art over which you have long presided with unrivalled fame ...
... appearing fully sensible of it , where can I find one , in complimenting whom I can with more general approbation gratify those feelings ? Your excellence , not only in the Art over which you have long presided with unrivalled fame ...
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... appeared to have more merit in the execution . of the work , I have resolved to adopt and enlarge upon the excellent plan of Mr. Mason , in his Memoirs of Gray . Wherever narrative is necessary to explain , con- nect , and supply , I ...
... appeared to have more merit in the execution . of the work , I have resolved to adopt and enlarge upon the excellent plan of Mr. Mason , in his Memoirs of Gray . Wherever narrative is necessary to explain , con- nect , and supply , I ...
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... appearance was little different from 1 This anecdote of the duck , though disproved by internal and external evidence , has nevertheless , upon supposition of its truth , been made the foundation of the following ingenious and fanci ...
... appearance was little different from 1 This anecdote of the duck , though disproved by internal and external evidence , has nevertheless , upon supposition of its truth , been made the foundation of the following ingenious and fanci ...
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... appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon something which occurred in the course of con- versation , he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius ; 1 According to Hawkins , this gentleman was Andrew ...
... appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon something which occurred in the course of con- versation , he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius ; 1 According to Hawkins , this gentleman was Andrew ...
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