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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... liberally understood , as knowing very well what I was about , and by no means as simply unconscious of the pointed effects of the satire . I own , indeed , that I was DEDICATION . xvii Dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds.
... liberally understood , as knowing very well what I was about , and by no means as simply unconscious of the pointed effects of the satire . I own , indeed , that I was DEDICATION . xvii Dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Page xxv
... means many errors of the press , occasioned by repeated impressions , have been discovered . All these have been carefully amended . - Several new notes and some letters have been added ; and in the Index , —a very useful appendage to a ...
... means many errors of the press , occasioned by repeated impressions , have been discovered . All these have been carefully amended . - Several new notes and some letters have been added ; and in the Index , —a very useful appendage to a ...
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... means of the rod . " I would rather , ” said he , “ have the rod to be the general terror to all , to make them learn , than tell a child , if you do thus , or thus , you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters . The rod pro ...
... means of the rod . " I would rather , ” said he , “ have the rod to be the general terror to all , to make them learn , than tell a child , if you do thus , or thus , you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters . The rod pro ...
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... mean a thought ! Long since I learn'd to slight this fleeting breath , And view with cheerful eyes approaching death . The inexorable sisters have decreed That Priam's house , and Priam's self shall bleed : The day will come , in which ...
... mean a thought ! Long since I learn'd to slight this fleeting breath , And view with cheerful eyes approaching death . The inexorable sisters have decreed That Priam's house , and Priam's self shall bleed : The day will come , in which ...
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... means to have him introduced to Mr. Jorden , who was to be his tutor . His being put under any tutor , reminds us of what Wood says of Robert Burton , author of the " Anatomy of Melancholy , " when elected student of Christ - church ...
... means to have him introduced to Mr. Jorden , who was to be his tutor . His being put under any tutor , reminds us of what Wood says of Robert Burton , author of the " Anatomy of Melancholy , " when elected student of Christ - church ...
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