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 Near Half a Century, During which He Flourished : in Three Volumes ...Henry Baldwin, 1793 |
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... Garrick affifted Dr. Brown , the authour of the Eftimate , in fome dramatick compofition , " No , Sir ; ( faid John- fon , ) he would no more fuffer Garrick to write a line in his play , than he would fuffer him to mount his pulpit ...
... Garrick affifted Dr. Brown , the authour of the Eftimate , in fome dramatick compofition , " No , Sir ; ( faid John- fon , ) he would no more fuffer Garrick to write a line in his play , than he would fuffer him to mount his pulpit ...
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... Garrick , and his Įrene , a Tragedy , they are very numerous , and in ge- meral short ; and I have promised a complete edition of them , in which I shall with the utmost care afcertain their authenticity , and illuftrate them with notes ...
... Garrick , and his Įrene , a Tragedy , they are very numerous , and in ge- meral short ; and I have promised a complete edition of them , in which I shall with the utmost care afcertain their authenticity , and illuftrate them with notes ...
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... Garrick , acknowl . 1781. Prefaces Biographical and Critical to the Works of the moft eminent English Poets ; afterwards published with the Title of Lives of the English Poets . acknowl . Argument on the Importance of the Registration ...
... Garrick , acknowl . 1781. Prefaces Biographical and Critical to the Works of the moft eminent English Poets ; afterwards published with the Title of Lives of the English Poets . acknowl . Argument on the Importance of the Registration ...
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... Garrick , evidently meaning to embellish a little , faid one day in my hearing , we rode and tied . " And the Bishop of Killaloe informed me , that at another time , when Johnfon and Garrick were dining together in a pretty large ...
... Garrick , evidently meaning to embellish a little , faid one day in my hearing , we rode and tied . " And the Bishop of Killaloe informed me , that at another time , when Johnfon and Garrick were dining together in a pretty large ...
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... Garrick , ' - iii . 236 . Deane's Future Life of Brutes , ' i . 513 . Death , reflections on , i . 562,3 ; ii . 619 ... Garrick's Epigram on , i . 274 Dilly , Meffrs . iii . 430 , 483 ; ii . 373 , 389 . Johnfon's Letters to , ii . 503 ...
... Garrick , ' - iii . 236 . Deane's Future Life of Brutes , ' i . 513 . Death , reflections on , i . 562,3 ; ii . 619 ... Garrick's Epigram on , i . 274 Dilly , Meffrs . iii . 430 , 483 ; ii . 373 , 389 . Johnfon's Letters to , ii . 503 ...
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