The Life of Samuel JohnsonOlms, 1973 - 639 pages |
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Robert Anderson. ceptable . I send you , for the purpose of receiving them , an interleaved copy by a private conveyance ... received the interleaved copy of the 1795 Life , but his failing eyesight prevented him from com- pleting his ...
Robert Anderson. ceptable . I send you , for the purpose of receiving them , an interleaved copy by a private conveyance ... received the interleaved copy of the 1795 Life , but his failing eyesight prevented him from com- pleting his ...
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... received all the copy - money , by different drafts , and was paid L.100 and upwards , more than the stipulated sum . The patience of his em- ployers was severely tried ; and it will not be thought strange , that when the last sheet was ...
... received all the copy - money , by different drafts , and was paid L.100 and upwards , more than the stipulated sum . The patience of his em- ployers was severely tried ; and it will not be thought strange , that when the last sheet was ...
Page 519
... mind , and to the bent which his feelings had received from the ha- bits of his life . Poetry pleases only as it is the image of reality . He who has never de- lighted in the silent beauties of creation , can feel DR JOHNSON . 519.
... mind , and to the bent which his feelings had received from the ha- bits of his life . Poetry pleases only as it is the image of reality . He who has never de- lighted in the silent beauties of creation , can feel DR JOHNSON . 519.
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