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... letter ; i . e . a letter on the American Colonies , vol . i . p . 66. MALONE . Since the above were communicated to Mr. Malone , Mr. C. has discovered the following in the Gentleman's Magazine : 1739. Address to the Reader in May ...
... letter ; i . e . a letter on the American Colonies , vol . i . p . 66. MALONE . Since the above were communicated to Mr. Malone , Mr. C. has discovered the following in the Gentleman's Magazine : 1739. Address to the Reader in May ...
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... letter is , To Mr. Warton , Professor of Poetry in Oxford . The last paragraph of the letter explains the reason of this official formality , which Johnson evidently adopted playfully . Ib . p . 257. 1. 4. Your notes upon my poet were ...
... letter is , To Mr. Warton , Professor of Poetry in Oxford . The last paragraph of the letter explains the reason of this official formality , which Johnson evidently adopted playfully . Ib . p . 257. 1. 4. Your notes upon my poet were ...
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... letter , by being directed to S. Smith. f Miss Cave , the grandniece of Mr. Edw . Cave , has obligingly shown me the originals of this and the other letters of Dr. Johnson to him , which were first published in the Gentleman's Magazine ...
... letter , by being directed to S. Smith. f Miss Cave , the grandniece of Mr. Edw . Cave , has obligingly shown me the originals of this and the other letters of Dr. Johnson to him , which were first published in the Gentleman's Magazine ...
Page 68
... letter from him to Mr. Edward Cave , which , as a link in the chain of his lite- rary history , it is proper to insert . TO MR . CAVE . " Greenwich , next door to the Golden Heart , Church - street , July 12 , 1737 . " SIR , -Having ...
... letter from him to Mr. Edward Cave , which , as a link in the chain of his lite- rary history , it is proper to insert . TO MR . CAVE . " Greenwich , next door to the Golden Heart , Church - street , July 12 , 1737 . " SIR , -Having ...
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... letter to a friend of dean Swift . " SIR , Mr. Samuel Johnson ( author of London , a satire , and some other poetical pieces ) is a native of this country , and much respected by some worthy gentlemen in his neigh- bourhood , who are ...
... letter to a friend of dean Swift . " SIR , Mr. Samuel Johnson ( author of London , a satire , and some other poetical pieces ) is a native of this country , and much respected by some worthy gentlemen in his neigh- bourhood , who are ...
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Page 173 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Page 172 - ... Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native...
Page 172 - I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door...
Page 202 - Excise. A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Page 173 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
Page 281 - Scotland," which I used in the sense of being of that country ; and, as if I had said that I had come away from it, or left it, retorted, "That, sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.
Page 121 - Somebody talked of happy moments for composition, and how a man can write at one time and not at another. "Nay," said Dr Johnson, "a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
Page 332 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 241 - ... to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth : those, that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the...
Page 205 - If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.