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 Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... English language . April 8 , 1799 . EDM . MALONE . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FOURTH EDITION . In this edition are inserted some new letters of which the greater part has been obligingly communicated by the Reverend Doctor Vyse , Rector of ...
... English language . April 8 , 1799 . EDM . MALONE . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FOURTH EDITION . In this edition are inserted some new letters of which the greater part has been obligingly communicated by the Reverend Doctor Vyse , Rector of ...
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... ENGLISH OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . To write the Life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been ...
... ENGLISH OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . To write the Life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been ...
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... English by Dame Oliver , a widow , who kept a school for young children in Lichfield . He told me she could read the black letter , and asked him to borrow for her , from his father , a Bible in that character . When he was going to ...
... English by Dame Oliver , a widow , who kept a school for young children in Lichfield . He told me she could read the black letter , and asked him to borrow for her , from his father , a Bible in that character . When he was going to ...
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... English Malady . " Though he suffered severely from it he was not therefore degraded . The powers of his great mind might be troubled , and their full exercise suspended at times ; but the mind itself was ever entire . As a proof of ...
... English Malady . " Though he suffered severely from it he was not therefore degraded . The powers of his great mind might be troubled , and their full exercise suspended at times ; but the mind itself was ever entire . As a proof of ...
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... English books written on the subject , followed his usual amusements , and considered his con- science as lightened of a crime . He redoubled his diligence to learn the language that contained the information he most wished for ; but ...
... English books written on the subject , followed his usual amusements , and considered his con- science as lightened of a crime . He redoubled his diligence to learn the language that contained the information he most wished for ; but ...
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