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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... WARTON , FROM A PRINT KETTEL HALL , FROM A SKETCH RESIDENCE OF MR . WISE ... JOSEPH BARETTI , FROM A PAINTING BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS PORTRAIT OF LORD ... JOSEPH WARTON , D.D. , FROM A PAINTING BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS THE TEMPLE ...
... WARTON , FROM A PRINT KETTEL HALL , FROM A SKETCH RESIDENCE OF MR . WISE ... JOSEPH BARETTI , FROM A PAINTING BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS PORTRAIT OF LORD ... JOSEPH WARTON , D.D. , FROM A PAINTING BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS THE TEMPLE ...
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... JOSEPH WARTON . " DEAR SIR , March , 8 , 1753 . " I ought to have written to you before now , but I ought to do many things which I do not ; nor can I , indeed , claim any merit from this letter ; for being 1 This is a slight inaccuracy ...
... JOSEPH WARTON . " DEAR SIR , March , 8 , 1753 . " I ought to have written to you before now , but I ought to do many things which I do not ; nor can I , indeed , claim any merit from this letter ; for being 1 This is a slight inaccuracy ...
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... WARTON . In a letter to Dr. Joseph Warton , written some months before ( March 8 , 1754 ) , Dr. Johnson thus speaks of Collins : - " But how little can we venture to exult in any intellectual powers or literary attainments , when we ...
... WARTON . In a letter to Dr. Joseph Warton , written some months before ( March 8 , 1754 ) , Dr. Johnson thus speaks of Collins : - " But how little can we venture to exult in any intellectual powers or literary attainments , when we ...
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... Joseph Warton , in consequence of having read a few pages of that gentleman's newly published " Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope . " The only paragraph in it that respects Johnson's personal history is this : " For my part , I ...
... Joseph Warton , in consequence of having read a few pages of that gentleman's newly published " Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope . " The only paragraph in it that respects Johnson's personal history is this : " For my part , I ...
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... Joseph Warton told me that Johnson said of him , " He is the richest author that ever grazed the common of literature . " - BOSWELL . be valuable to the true lovers of the drama ; 242 [ 1763 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... Joseph Warton told me that Johnson said of him , " He is the richest author that ever grazed the common of literature . " - BOSWELL . be valuable to the true lovers of the drama ; 242 [ 1763 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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