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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... sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his descent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never could have ...
... sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his descent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never could have ...
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... Sure , of all blockheads , scholars are the worst . " - BOSWELL . Johnson's meaning , however , is , that a scholar who is a blockhead must be the worst of all blockheads , because he is without excuse . But Bramston , in the assumed ...
... Sure , of all blockheads , scholars are the worst . " - BOSWELL . Johnson's meaning , however , is , that a scholar who is a blockhead must be the worst of all blockheads , because he is without excuse . But Bramston , in the assumed ...
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... sure she could not miss it ; and I contrived that she should soon come up with me . I observed her to be in tears . " When she did This , it must be allowed , was a singular beginning of connubial felicity ; but there is no doubt that ...
... sure she could not miss it ; and I contrived that she should soon come up with me . I observed her to be in tears . " When she did This , it must be allowed , was a singular beginning of connubial felicity ; but there is no doubt that ...
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... sure he told me that Mr. Cave was the first publisher by whom his pen was engaged in London . He had a little money when he came to town , and he knew how he could live in the cheapest manner . His first lodgings were at the house of Mr ...
... sure he told me that Mr. Cave was the first publisher by whom his pen was engaged in London . He had a little money when he came to town , and he knew how he could live in the cheapest manner . His first lodgings were at the house of Mr ...
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... Sure this is love , which heretofore I conceived the dream of idle maids , and wanton poets . " # 66 Though no comets or prodigies foretold the ruin of Greece , signs which heaven must by another miracle enable us to understand , yet it ...
... Sure this is love , which heretofore I conceived the dream of idle maids , and wanton poets . " # 66 Though no comets or prodigies foretold the ruin of Greece , signs which heaven must by another miracle enable us to understand , yet it ...
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