The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... EMINENT PERSONS ; AND VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED : THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN , FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY , DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED . Br JAMES ...
... EMINENT PERSONS ; AND VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED : THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN , FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY , DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED . Br JAMES ...
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... eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I DEDICATION xi mention that there has been a long and.
... eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I DEDICATION xi mention that there has been a long and.
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... eminent as the head of a College , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known JOHNSON from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this ...
... eminent as the head of a College , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known JOHNSON from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this ...
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... eminent persons , the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But although he at different times , in a desultory manner , committed to writing many particulars of the progress of ...
... eminent persons , the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But although he at different times , in a desultory manner , committed to writing many particulars of the progress of ...
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... eminent a man from his cradle to his grave , every minute particular , which can throw light on the progress of his mind , is interesting . That he was remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be sup- posed ; for to use his ...
... eminent a man from his cradle to his grave , every minute particular , which can throw light on the progress of his mind , is interesting . That he was remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be sup- posed ; for to use his ...
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