The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... less . Let me particularly lament the Reverend THOMAS WARTON , and the Reverend Dr. ADAMS . Mr. WARTON , amidst his variety of genius and learning , was an excellent biographer . His contributions to my Collection are highly estimable ...
... less . Let me particularly lament the Reverend THOMAS WARTON , and the Reverend Dr. ADAMS . Mr. WARTON , amidst his variety of genius and learning , was an excellent biographer . His contributions to my Collection are highly estimable ...
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James Boswell. THE DUTIES OF A BIOGRAPHER 3 sary to mark the finer and less obvious parts of Johnson's character . His being appointed one of his executors , gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments of a diary and ...
James Boswell. THE DUTIES OF A BIOGRAPHER 3 sary to mark the finer and less obvious parts of Johnson's character . His being appointed one of his executors , gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments of a diary and ...
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... less importance to the world than that part of his personal character , which represents him as careful of his health , and negligent of his life . " But biography has often been allotted to writers , who seem very little acquainted ...
... less importance to the world than that part of his personal character , which represents him as careful of his health , and negligent of his life . " But biography has often been allotted to writers , who seem very little acquainted ...
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... less than god : Oft on his altar shall my firstlings lie , Their blood the consecrated stones shall dye : He gave my flocks to graze the flowery meads , And me to tune at ease th ' unequal reeds . Το MELIBUS . My admiration only I ...
... less than god : Oft on his altar shall my firstlings lie , Their blood the consecrated stones shall dye : He gave my flocks to graze the flowery meads , And me to tune at ease th ' unequal reeds . Το MELIBUS . My admiration only I ...
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... less distinguish'd lot , Glad to be hid , and proud to be forgot . EPILOGUE , intended to have been spoken by a LADY who was to per- sonate the Ghost of HERMIONE.1 YE blooming train , who give despair or joy , Bless with a smile , or ...
... less distinguish'd lot , Glad to be hid , and proud to be forgot . EPILOGUE , intended to have been spoken by a LADY who was to per- sonate the Ghost of HERMIONE.1 YE blooming train , who give despair or joy , Bless with a smile , or ...
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