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 VolumesHenry Baldwin, 1793 |
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... nothing of poetry . " He praised Dr. Jofeph Warton's Effay on Pope ; but faid , he fuppofed we should have no more of it , as the authour had not been able to to perfuade the world to think of Pope as he 22 THE LIFE OF.
... nothing of poetry . " He praised Dr. Jofeph Warton's Effay on Pope ; but faid , he fuppofed we should have no more of it , as the authour had not been able to to perfuade the world to think of Pope as he 22 THE LIFE OF.
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... authour , to whom I was first directed by his being quoted in " The Spectator , " and in whom I have found much fhrewd and lively fenfe , expreffed indeed in a ftyle fomewhat quaint , which , however , I do not dinike . His book has an ...
... authour , to whom I was first directed by his being quoted in " The Spectator , " and in whom I have found much fhrewd and lively fenfe , expreffed indeed in a ftyle fomewhat quaint , which , however , I do not dinike . His book has an ...
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... authour , he said , " He is a very inquifitive and a very able man , and a man of good religious principles , though I am afraid he has been deficient in practice . Campbell is radically right ; and we may hope , that in time there will ...
... authour , he said , " He is a very inquifitive and a very able man , and a man of good religious principles , though I am afraid he has been deficient in practice . Campbell is radically right ; and we may hope , that in time there will ...
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... authour of a Hif tory of England in Italian , printed at London . I spoke of Allan Ramfay's " Gentle Shepherd , " in the Scottish dialect , as the best pastoral that had ever been written ; not only abounding with beau- tiful rural ...
... authour of a Hif tory of England in Italian , printed at London . I spoke of Allan Ramfay's " Gentle Shepherd , " in the Scottish dialect , as the best pastoral that had ever been written ; not only abounding with beau- tiful rural ...
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... authour to Dr. Johnfon . JOHNSON . " They have not an- fwered the end . They have not been talked of : I have never heard of them . This is owing to their not being fold . People feldom read a book which is given to them ; and few are ...
... authour to Dr. Johnfon . JOHNSON . " They have not an- fwered the end . They have not been talked of : I have never heard of them . This is owing to their not being fold . People feldom read a book which is given to them ; and few are ...
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