Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D1952 |
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Page 142
... merit but that of producing his Preface , in which the excellencies and defects of that immortal bard are displayed with a mas- terly hand , the nation would have had no reason to complain . A blind indiscriminate admiration of ...
... merit but that of producing his Preface , in which the excellencies and defects of that immortal bard are displayed with a mas- terly hand , the nation would have had no reason to complain . A blind indiscriminate admiration of ...
Page 251
... merit to some of his comedies , and said there was no reason to believe that the Careless Husband was not written by himself . Davies said , he was the first dramat- ick writer who introduced genteel ladies upon the stage . Johnson ...
... merit to some of his comedies , and said there was no reason to believe that the Careless Husband was not written by himself . Davies said , he was the first dramat- ick writer who introduced genteel ladies upon the stage . Johnson ...
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... merit should consider thus : - How much harder would it be if the same persons had both all the merit and all the prosperity . Would not this be a miserable distribution for the poor dunces ? Would men of merit exchange their in ...
... merit should consider thus : - How much harder would it be if the same persons had both all the merit and all the prosperity . Would not this be a miserable distribution for the poor dunces ? Would men of merit exchange their in ...
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