The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... first , and published in four volumes octavo in 1799. The author's plan , so far as he had lived to indicate it , was carefully followed . The fresh materials were distributed throughout the text according to his directions ; his new notes.
... first , and published in four volumes octavo in 1799. The author's plan , so far as he had lived to indicate it , was carefully followed . The fresh materials were distributed throughout the text according to his directions ; his new notes.
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... of the first 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.
... of the first 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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... lived together with companionable ease and familiarity : nor had Sir John Hawkins that nice perception which was neces- cc 1 The greatest part of this book was written while Sir John Hawkins was alive ; and I avow , that one object of ...
... lived together with companionable ease and familiarity : nor had Sir John Hawkins that nice perception which was neces- cc 1 The greatest part of this book was written while Sir John Hawkins was alive ; and I avow , that one object of ...
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... lived in great intimacy with him.1 There is , in the British Museum , a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr. Birch , on the subject of biography ; which , though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully raising the value of my ...
... lived in great intimacy with him.1 There is , in the British Museum , a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr. Birch , on the subject of biography ; which , though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully raising the value of my ...
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... lived . And he will be seen as he really was ; for I profess to write , not his panegyric , which must be all praise , but his Life ; which great and good as he was , must not be supposed to be entirely perfect . To be as he was , is in ...
... lived . And he will be seen as he really was ; for I profess to write , not his panegyric , which must be all praise , but his Life ; which great and good as he was , must not be supposed to be entirely perfect . To be as he was , is in ...
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