The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1925 |
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... London " was published in May , 1738 ; 1 and it is remarkable , that it came out on the same morning with Pope's satire , entitled " 1738 ; " so that England had at once its Juvenal and Horace as poetical monitors . The Reverend Dr ...
... London " was published in May , 1738 ; 1 and it is remarkable , that it came out on the same morning with Pope's satire , entitled " 1738 ; " so that England had at once its Juvenal and Horace as poetical monitors . The Reverend Dr ...
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... LONDON he had only ten guineas ; and now , after his fame was established , he got for his " Vanity of Human Wishes ... London . " More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of " London , " than with the ...
... LONDON he had only ten guineas ; and now , after his fame was established , he got for his " Vanity of Human Wishes ... London . " More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of " London , " than with the ...
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... London , the great scene of ambition , instruction , and amusement : a scene , which was to me , comparatively speaking , a heaven upon earth . JOHN- SON . " Why , Sir , I never knew any one who had such a gust for London as you have ...
... London , the great scene of ambition , instruction , and amusement : a scene , which was to me , comparatively speaking , a heaven upon earth . JOHN- SON . " Why , Sir , I never knew any one who had such a gust for London as you have ...
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