The Life of Samuel JohnsonOlms, 1973 - 639 pages |
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... ancient and respectable family in the neighbourhood * . Whatever may have been his qualifications for communicating instruction by the re- gular gradations and patient industry , prac- tised by men of inferior minds , his Scheme for the ...
... ancient and respectable family in the neighbourhood * . Whatever may have been his qualifications for communicating instruction by the re- gular gradations and patient industry , prac- tised by men of inferior minds , his Scheme for the ...
Page 316
... Ancient History ; which he took rather as a compliment to the institution than any bene- fit to himself . In February , this year , he made an excur- sion to Oxford with Goldsmith , who was ad- mitted in that university ad eundem gradum ...
... Ancient History ; which he took rather as a compliment to the institution than any bene- fit to himself . In February , this year , he made an excur- sion to Oxford with Goldsmith , who was ad- mitted in that university ad eundem gradum ...
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... Ancient English Poetry , ' 309 . Johnson's visit to , 298. eulogium on , 253. notices concerning John- son , passim , -memorial of his life , character , and writings , 250- 55 . Percy , Rev. Dr , 254. his verses on Johnson's death ...
... Ancient English Poetry , ' 309 . Johnson's visit to , 298. eulogium on , 253. notices concerning John- son , passim , -memorial of his life , character , and writings , 250- 55 . Percy , Rev. Dr , 254. his verses on Johnson's death ...
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