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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... wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable ' Tour , ' which I found here on my return from the ...
... wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable ' Tour , ' which I found here on my return from the ...
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... wrote , and said , and thought ; by which mankind are enabled , as it were , to see him live , and to " live o'er each scene " with him , as he actually advanced through the several stages of his life . Had his other friends been as ...
... wrote , and said , and thought ; by which mankind are enabled , as it were , to see him live , and to " live o'er each scene " with him , as he actually advanced through the several stages of his life . Had his other friends been as ...
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... wrote was poetry , whose essence consists , not in numbers , or in jingle , but in the strength and glow of a fancy to which all the stores of nature and of art stand in prompt administration ; and in an eloquence which conveys their ...
... wrote was poetry , whose essence consists , not in numbers , or in jingle , but in the strength and glow of a fancy to which all the stores of nature and of art stand in prompt administration ; and in an eloquence which conveys their ...
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... young ladies at Lichfield having proposed to act " The Distressed Mother , " Johnson wrote this , and gave it to Mr. Hector to convey it privately to them . - BOSWELL . 1 Athen . Oxon . edit . 1721 , i 16 [ 1727 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... young ladies at Lichfield having proposed to act " The Distressed Mother , " Johnson wrote this , and gave it to Mr. Hector to convey it privately to them . - BOSWELL . 1 Athen . Oxon . edit . 1721 , i 16 [ 1727 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... wrote Latin verses . His figure and manner appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon something which occurred in the course of conversation , he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius ; and thus he ...
... wrote Latin verses . His figure and manner appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon something which occurred in the course of conversation , he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius ; and thus he ...
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