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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... language ; and that he hoped , after this fair offer , you would not be so uncandid as to assert that he had refus- ed reasonable proof . That you paid no regard to his message , but published your strong attack upon him ; and then he ...
... language ; and that he hoped , after this fair offer , you would not be so uncandid as to assert that he had refus- ed reasonable proof . That you paid no regard to his message , but published your strong attack upon him ; and then he ...
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... language was nev- er written till very lately for the purposes of religion . A nation that cannot write , or a language that was nev- er written , has no manuscripts . " But whatever he has he never offered to shew . If old manuscripts ...
... language was nev- er written till very lately for the purposes of religion . A nation that cannot write , or a language that was nev- er written , has no manuscripts . " But whatever he has he never offered to shew . If old manuscripts ...
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... language , which was reported to be preserved somewhere in those regions . But when there came forth an Epick Poem in six books , with all the common circumstances of former composi- tions of that nature ; and when , upon an attentive ...
... language , which was reported to be preserved somewhere in those regions . But when there came forth an Epick Poem in six books , with all the common circumstances of former composi- tions of that nature ; and when , upon an attentive ...
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... language , and the antiquity of their manuscripts . I am quite convinced ; and I shall rank Ossian and his Fingals and Oscars , amongst the nursery tales , not the true history of our country , in all time to come . 66 Upon the whole ...
... language , and the antiquity of their manuscripts . I am quite convinced ; and I shall rank Ossian and his Fingals and Oscars , amongst the nursery tales , not the true history of our country , in all time to come . 66 Upon the whole ...
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... language may be preserved . This man says , that some of his manuscripts are ancient ; and , to be sure , one of them which was shewn to me does appear to have the duskyness of antiquity . * * * * * * " The inquiry is not yet quite ...
... language may be preserved . This man says , that some of his manuscripts are ancient ; and , to be sure , one of them which was shewn to me does appear to have the duskyness of antiquity . * * * * * * " The inquiry is not yet quite ...
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