The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksJ. & A. Arch, 1795 - 307 pages |
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... master duck , Whom Samuel Johnson trod on ; If it had liv'd , it had been good luck , For then we'd had an odd one . This prodigy is fcarcely exceeded by the bees on Plato's lips , or the doves that co- vered the infant poet with leaves ...
... master duck , Whom Samuel Johnson trod on ; If it had liv'd , it had been good luck , For then we'd had an odd one . This prodigy is fcarcely exceeded by the bees on Plato's lips , or the doves that co- vered the infant poet with leaves ...
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... eye . He was first taught to read English by Dame Oliver , a widow , who kept a school for young children in Litchfield . His next inftructor , in English , was a master whom he familiarly called Tom Brown , who he faid " [ 13 ]
... eye . He was first taught to read English by Dame Oliver , a widow , who kept a school for young children in Litchfield . His next inftructor , in English , was a master whom he familiarly called Tom Brown , who he faid " [ 13 ]
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... master , by the inftruction he gave to the younger boys . Parfon Ford he has defcribed in his " Life of Fenton , " as " a clergyman at that time too well known , whofe abilities , inftead of furnishing con- vivial merriment to the ...
... master , by the inftruction he gave to the younger boys . Parfon Ford he has defcribed in his " Life of Fenton , " as " a clergyman at that time too well known , whofe abilities , inftead of furnishing con- vivial merriment to the ...
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... master , and Mr. Hec- tor , his fchool - fellow ; of which he has preferved fome tranflations from Homer , Virgil , Horace , & c . Unfortunately the communications of Mr. Wentworth are not diftinguished from those of Mr. Hec- tor . Such ...
... master , and Mr. Hec- tor , his fchool - fellow ; of which he has preferved fome tranflations from Homer , Virgil , Horace , & c . Unfortunately the communications of Mr. Wentworth are not diftinguished from those of Mr. Hec- tor . Such ...
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... master of the mathematical school at Rochester , by a letter from Mr. Walmsley , who mentions the joint expedition of thefe two eminent men to the metropolis , in the following manner : " This young gentleman , and another neighbour of ...
... master of the mathematical school at Rochester , by a letter from Mr. Walmsley , who mentions the joint expedition of thefe two eminent men to the metropolis , in the following manner : " This young gentleman , and another neighbour of ...
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