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 1National Illustrated Library, 198 Strand, 1851 |
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... told . " Such a sanction to my faculty of giving a just representation of Dr. Johnson I could not conceal . Nor will I suppress my satisfaction in the consciousness , that by recording so considerable a portion of the wisdom and wit of ...
... told . " Such a sanction to my faculty of giving a just representation of Dr. Johnson I could not conceal . Nor will I suppress my satisfaction in the consciousness , that by recording so considerable a portion of the wisdom and wit of ...
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... told me , that he remembered distinctly having had the first notice of Heaven , " a place to which good people 1 The authenticity of this romantic incident rests solely in an assertion made , upon the dubious authority of Miss Seward ...
... told me , that he remembered distinctly having had the first notice of Heaven , " a place to which good people 1 The authenticity of this romantic incident rests solely in an assertion made , upon the dubious authority of Miss Seward ...
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... told me in his presence at Lichfield , in 1776 , by his step - daughter , Mrs. Lucy Porter , as related to her by his mother . When he was a child in petti- coats , and had learned to read , Mrs. Johnson one morning put the Common ...
... told me in his presence at Lichfield , in 1776 , by his step - daughter , Mrs. Lucy Porter , as related to her by his mother . When he was a child in petti- coats , and had learned to read , Mrs. Johnson one morning put the Common ...
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... told him that he resembled an able performer upon a bad instrument . How false and contemptible then are all the remarks which have been made to the prejudice either of his candour or of his philosophy , founded upon a supposition that ...
... told him that he resembled an able performer upon a bad instrument . How false and contemptible then are all the remarks which have been made to the prejudice either of his candour or of his philosophy , founded upon a supposition that ...
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... told me , that " he was an excellent master , and that his ushers were most of them men of eminence ; that Holbrook , 1 one of the most ingenious men , best scholars , 1 Edward Holbrook , A.M. , who was appointed by the Dean and Chapter ...
... told me , that " he was an excellent master , and that his ushers were most of them men of eminence ; that Holbrook , 1 one of the most ingenious men , best scholars , 1 Edward Holbrook , A.M. , who was appointed by the Dean and Chapter ...
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