The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many 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, Volume 1National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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... appear ; and though use had not yet taught his wing a permanent and equable flight , there are parts of it which exhibit ... appears by his modest and unaffected narration , to have described things as he saw them , to have copied nature ...
... appear ; and though use had not yet taught his wing a permanent and equable flight , there are parts of it which exhibit ... appears by his modest and unaffected narration , to have described things as he saw them , to have copied nature ...
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... appear no less sensible than your readers of the defects of your poetical article , you will not be displeased , if , in ... appears not to have seen . They were addressed " To Miss Hickman , playing on the Spinet . " At the back of this ...
... appear no less sensible than your readers of the defects of your poetical article , you will not be displeased , if , in ... appears not to have seen . They were addressed " To Miss Hickman , playing on the Spinet . " At the back of this ...
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... appears from the following lines in the " Gentleman's Magazine " for April , 1738 , which I am assured were written by Johnson : — " Ad RICARDUM SAVAGE . " Humani studium generis cui pectore fervet O colat humanum te foveatque genus ...
... appears from the following lines in the " Gentleman's Magazine " for April , 1738 , which I am assured were written by Johnson : — " Ad RICARDUM SAVAGE . " Humani studium generis cui pectore fervet O colat humanum te foveatque genus ...
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