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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... Essay printed in the newspaper of which Warren was proprietor . It appears from a letter of Johnson's to a friend , which I have read , dated Lichfield , July 27 , 1782 , that he had left Sir Wolstan Dixie's house recently before that ...
... Essay printed in the newspaper of which Warren was proprietor . It appears from a letter of Johnson's to a friend , which I have read , dated Lichfield , July 27 , 1782 , that he had left Sir Wolstan Dixie's house recently before that ...
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... Essays which he wrote for it . Though Johnson was often solicited by his friends to make a com- plete list of his writings , and talked of doing it , I believe with a serious intention that they should all be collected on his own ...
... Essays which he wrote for it . Though Johnson was often solicited by his friends to make a com- plete list of his writings , and talked of doing it , I believe with a serious intention that they should all be collected on his own ...
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... the Magazine.- NICHOLS . 3 The premium of forty pounds proposed for the best poem on the Divine Attributes is here alluded to . - NICHOLS . Examen of Mr. Pope's Essay , & c . , AGE 29. ] 69 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... the Magazine.- NICHOLS . 3 The premium of forty pounds proposed for the best poem on the Divine Attributes is here alluded to . - NICHOLS . Examen of Mr. Pope's Essay , & c . , AGE 29. ] 69 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... Essay , & c . , containing a succinct Account of the Philosophy of Mr. Leibnitz on the System of the Fatalists , with a Confutation of their Opinions and an illustration of the Doctrine of Free - will ; ' ( with what else you think ...
... Essay , & c . , containing a succinct Account of the Philosophy of Mr. Leibnitz on the System of the Fatalists , with a Confutation of their Opinions and an illustration of the Doctrine of Free - will ; ' ( with what else you think ...
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... and Latin to Eliza ; " * and also English verses to her ; * and " A Greek Epigram to Dr. Birch . " * It has been erroneously supposed that an essay , published in that Magazine this AGE 29. ] 71 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... and Latin to Eliza ; " * and also English verses to her ; * and " A Greek Epigram to Dr. Birch . " * It has been erroneously supposed that an essay , published in that Magazine this AGE 29. ] 71 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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