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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... known a worthy man and an obliging friend . In the strangely mixed scenes of human existence , our feelings are often at once pleasing and painful . Of this truth , the progress of the present work furnishes a striking instance . It was ...
... known a worthy man and an obliging friend . In the strangely mixed scenes of human existence , our feelings are often at once pleasing and painful . Of this truth , the progress of the present work furnishes a striking instance . It was ...
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... known at the Universities , where they seldom read any books but what are put into their hands by their tutors ; so that when I came to Oxford , Dr. Adams , now master of Pembroke College , told me I was the best qualified for the ...
... known at the Universities , where they seldom read any books but what are put into their hands by their tutors ; so that when I came to Oxford , Dr. Adams , now master of Pembroke College , told me I was the best qualified for the ...
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... known to yield . I have mentioned , upon Johnson's own authority , that for his " London " he had only ten guineas ; and now , after his fame was established , he got for his Vanity of Human Wishes " but five guineas more , as is proved ...
... known to yield . I have mentioned , upon Johnson's own authority , that for his " London " he had only ten guineas ; and now , after his fame was established , he got for his Vanity of Human Wishes " but five guineas more , as is proved ...
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