The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 pages |
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... Remarks and Extracts - Conditional Offer of Mas- tership of a Country School - Pope's Recommenda- tion of Johnson to Lord Gower CHAP . IV . 1738-1743 . - Johnson's intended Applica- tion to Civil Law - Letters to Cave - Writings in ...
... Remarks and Extracts - Conditional Offer of Mas- tership of a Country School - Pope's Recommenda- tion of Johnson to Lord Gower CHAP . IV . 1738-1743 . - Johnson's intended Applica- tion to Civil Law - Letters to Cave - Writings in ...
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... Remarks on the Erse Dialect - Johnson's Engagement to write " Th Lives of the English Poets " 268 . 278 CHAP . XXXII . 1777.-Dr. Johnson's Agreement to write " The Lives of the English Poets " -Dilly , the Bookseller - Charles O'Connor ...
... Remarks on the Erse Dialect - Johnson's Engagement to write " Th Lives of the English Poets " 268 . 278 CHAP . XXXII . 1777.-Dr. Johnson's Agreement to write " The Lives of the English Poets " -Dilly , the Bookseller - Charles O'Connor ...
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... remarks furnished by the author's second son , a student of Brazen - Nose College , in Oxford . Some valuable observations were communicated by James Bindley , Esq . , which have been acknowledged in their proper places . Every new remark ...
... remarks furnished by the author's second son , a student of Brazen - Nose College , in Oxford . Some valuable observations were communicated by James Bindley , Esq . , which have been acknowledged in their proper places . Every new remark ...
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... remark , that his walk was now quick , and again slow , as an indication of a mind revolving with violent commotion . Thus the story of Melancthon affords a striking lecture on the value of time , by informing us , that when he had made ...
... remark , that his walk was now quick , and again slow , as an indication of a mind revolving with violent commotion . Thus the story of Melancthon affords a striking lecture on the value of time , by informing us , that when he had made ...
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... remark , " Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought , And teach the young idea how to shoot ! we must consider that this delight is perceptible only by " a mind at ease , " a mind at once calm and clear : but that a mind gloomy and ...
... remark , " Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought , And teach the young idea how to shoot ! we must consider that this delight is perceptible only by " a mind at ease , " a mind at once calm and clear : but that a mind gloomy and ...
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