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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... heard him following her . " What's the matter ? " said she , " I can say it , " he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
... heard him following her . " What's the matter ? " said she , " I can say it , " he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
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... heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentic relation of facts , and such authority may there be for error ; for he assured me that his father made the verses , and wished to pass them for his child's . He added ...
... heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentic relation of facts , and such authority may there be for error ; for he assured me that his father made the verses , and wished to pass them for his child's . He added ...
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... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
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... heard him attribute to these extravagant fictions that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession . " [ 1724. Aged 15 . ] - After having resided for some time at the house of his uncle , Cornelius Ford ...
... heard him attribute to these extravagant fictions that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession . " [ 1724. Aged 15 . ] - After having resided for some time at the house of his uncle , Cornelius Ford ...
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... heard of it . A Miscellany of Poems , collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731. In that Miscellany Johnson's translation of the " Messiah " appeared , with this modest motto from Scaliger's Poetics ...
... heard of it . A Miscellany of Poems , collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731. In that Miscellany Johnson's translation of the " Messiah " appeared , with this modest motto from Scaliger's Poetics ...
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