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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... given very general satisfaction ; and those who have found most fault with a passage here and there , have agreed that they could not help going through , and being entertained with the whole . I wish , indeed , some few gross ...
... given very general satisfaction ; and those who have found most fault with a passage here and there , have agreed that they could not help going through , and being entertained with the whole . I wish , indeed , some few gross ...
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... given , ' that every man's life may be best written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world ...
... given , ' that every man's life may be best written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world ...
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... given upon a former occasion1 have been received with so much approbation that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample commu- nications of a similar nature . That the conversation of a ...
... given upon a former occasion1 have been received with so much approbation that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample commu- nications of a similar nature . That the conversation of a ...
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... given several proofs of his poetical genius , both in his school exercises and in other occasional compositions . Of these I have obtained a considerable collection , by the favour of Mr. Wentworth , son of one of his masters , and of ...
... given several proofs of his poetical genius , both in his school exercises and in other occasional compositions . Of these I have obtained a considerable collection , by the favour of Mr. Wentworth , son of one of his masters , and of ...
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... given such a specimen of his poetical powers , he was asked by Mr. Jorden to translate Pope's " Messiah " into Latin verse , as a Christmas exercise . He performed it with uncommon rapidity , and in so masterly a manner , that he ...
... given such a specimen of his poetical powers , he was asked by Mr. Jorden to translate Pope's " Messiah " into Latin verse , as a Christmas exercise . He performed it with uncommon rapidity , and in so masterly a manner , that he ...
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