The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in one of his letters , when earnestly cautioning a friend against the pernicious effects of idleness , that active sports are not to be reckoned idleness in young people ; and that the ...
... Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in one of his letters , when earnestly cautioning a friend against the pernicious effects of idleness , that active sports are not to be reckoned idleness in young people ; and that the ...
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... lord Chesterfield , was this : I had neg- lected to write it by the time appointed . Dodsley sug- gested a desire to have it addressed to lord Chesterfield . I laid hold of this as a pretext for delay , that it might be better done ...
... lord Chesterfield , was this : I had neg- lected to write it by the time appointed . Dodsley sug- gested a desire to have it addressed to lord Chesterfield . I laid hold of this as a pretext for delay , that it might be better done ...
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... lord- ship's opinion , to interpose my own judgement , and shall therefore endeavour to support what appears to me ... Chesterfield was not merely in consequence of the result of a report by means of Dodsley , that the earl fa ...
... lord- ship's opinion , to interpose my own judgement , and shall therefore endeavour to support what appears to me ... Chesterfield was not merely in consequence of the result of a report by means of Dodsley , that the earl fa ...
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... lord Chesterfield . I am much pleased with the plan , and I think the specimen is one of the best that I have ever read . Most specimens disgust rather than prejudice us in favour of the work to follow ; but the language of Mr ...
... lord Chesterfield . I am much pleased with the plan , and I think the specimen is one of the best that I have ever read . Most specimens disgust rather than prejudice us in favour of the work to follow ; but the language of Mr ...
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... lord Chesterfield told him that it should rhyme to state . The anecdote may be found narrated in Johnson's own words in yol . ii . under the year 1772. But the Plan was published in 1747 , two years before Irene was brought out ; and ...
... lord Chesterfield told him that it should rhyme to state . The anecdote may be found narrated in Johnson's own words in yol . ii . under the year 1772. But the Plan was published in 1747 , two years before Irene was brought out ; and ...
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