The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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... eminent men to the metropolis , was many years afterwards noticed in an allegorical poem on Shakespeare's Mulberry - tree , by Mr. Lovibond , the ingenious authour of " The Tears of Old - May - day . " They were recommended to Mr ...
... eminent men to the metropolis , was many years afterwards noticed in an allegorical poem on Shakespeare's Mulberry - tree , by Mr. Lovibond , the ingenious authour of " The Tears of Old - May - day . " They were recommended to Mr ...
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... eminent in every way ; who were assembled in numerous companies ; called forth his wonderful powers , and gratified him with admiration , to which no man could be insensible . In the October of this year1 he at length gave to the world ...
... eminent in every way ; who were assembled in numerous companies ; called forth his wonderful powers , and gratified him with admiration , to which no man could be insensible . In the October of this year1 he at length gave to the world ...
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... eminent persons who lived with him . What I have preserved , however , has the value of the most perfect authenticity . He this day enlarged upon Pope's melancholy remark , " Man never is , but always to be blest . " He asserted , that ...
... eminent persons who lived with him . What I have preserved , however , has the value of the most perfect authenticity . He this day enlarged upon Pope's melancholy remark , " Man never is , but always to be blest . " He asserted , that ...
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