The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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Page xi
... pleased to welcome me -- for the number of valuable acquaintances to whom you have introduced me , -for the noctes cænæque Deum , which I have enjoyed under your roof . If a work should be inscribed to one who is master of the subject ...
... pleased to welcome me -- for the number of valuable acquaintances to whom you have introduced me , -for the noctes cænæque Deum , which I have enjoyed under your roof . If a work should be inscribed to one who is master of the subject ...
Page xiv
... pleased to favour me with communications and advice in the conduct of my Work . But I cannot sufficiently acknowledge my obligations to my friend Mr. MALONE , who was so good as to allow me to read to him almost the whole of my ...
... pleased to favour me with communications and advice in the conduct of my Work . But I cannot sufficiently acknowledge my obligations to my friend Mr. MALONE , who was so good as to allow me to read to him almost the whole of my ...
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... pleased to favour me : - " These infant numbers contain the seeds of those propensities which through his life so strongly marked his character , of that poetic talent which afterwards bore such rich and plentiful fruits ; for excepting ...
... pleased to favour me : - " These infant numbers contain the seeds of those propensities which through his life so strongly marked his character , of that poetic talent which afterwards bore such rich and plentiful fruits ; for excepting ...
Page 53
... pleased to inform me in two posts , what the conditions are on which you shall expect it . Your late offer1 gives me no reason to distrust your generosity . If you engage in any literary projects besides this paper , I have other ...
... pleased to inform me in two posts , what the conditions are on which you shall expect it . Your late offer1 gives me no reason to distrust your generosity . If you engage in any literary projects besides this paper , I have other ...
Page 62
... pleased with this proof of Johnson's abilities as a dramatic writer , and advised him to finish the tragedy , and produce it on the stage . Johnson now thought of trying his fortune in London , the great field of genius and exertion ...
... pleased with this proof of Johnson's abilities as a dramatic writer , and advised him to finish the tragedy , and produce it on the stage . Johnson now thought of trying his fortune in London , the great field of genius and exertion ...
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