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, Volume 3C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 |
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... collection of this , I shelter myself from the reproach of ignorance about the Americans . If you write upon the subject , I shall certainly understand it . But , since you seem to expect that I should know something of it , without ...
... collection of this , I shelter myself from the reproach of ignorance about the Americans . If you write upon the subject , I shall certainly understand it . But , since you seem to expect that I should know something of it , without ...
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... his notes affixed to his Collection of Old Scottish Poetry , he says that " to doubt the authenticity of those poems is a refinement in Scepticism in- deed . I. B. ] 66. SIR " TO DR . LAWRENCE.1 " Feb. 7 Etat . 66. ] 21 DR . JOHNSON .
... his notes affixed to his Collection of Old Scottish Poetry , he says that " to doubt the authenticity of those poems is a refinement in Scepticism in- deed . I. B. ] 66. SIR " TO DR . LAWRENCE.1 " Feb. 7 Etat . 66. ] 21 DR . JOHNSON .
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... collected them into a volume , with the title of " Political Tracts , by the Author of the Rambler , " with this motto : " Fallitur egregio quisquis sub Principe credit Servitium ; nunquam libertas gratior extat CLAUDIANUS . Quam sub ...
... collected them into a volume , with the title of " Political Tracts , by the Author of the Rambler , " with this motto : " Fallitur egregio quisquis sub Principe credit Servitium ; nunquam libertas gratior extat CLAUDIANUS . Quam sub ...
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... Collection : Sheridan's Life of Swift ; -Mr . Courtenay's note on p . 3 of his " Poetical Re- view of the Literary and Moral Character of Dr. Johnson ; " and Mr. Cooksey's " Essay on the Life and Character of John Lord Somers , Baron of ...
... Collection : Sheridan's Life of Swift ; -Mr . Courtenay's note on p . 3 of his " Poetical Re- view of the Literary and Moral Character of Dr. Johnson ; " and Mr. Cooksey's " Essay on the Life and Character of John Lord Somers , Baron of ...
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... collection of verses by fashionable ple , which were put into her Vase at Batheaston villa , near Bath , in competition for honorary prizes , being mentioned , he held them very cheap : Bouts rimés ( said he ) , is a mere conceit , 54 ...
... collection of verses by fashionable ple , which were put into her Vase at Batheaston villa , near Bath , in competition for honorary prizes , being mentioned , he held them very cheap : Bouts rimés ( said he ) , is a mere conceit , 54 ...
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