The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1925 |
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Page 122
... excellent work , of which twelve editions have now issued from the press , gain upon the world at large , that even in the closing number the authour says , " I have never been much a favourite of the publick . ” 2 1 Sir John Hawkins ...
... excellent work , of which twelve editions have now issued from the press , gain upon the world at large , that even in the closing number the authour says , " I have never been much a favourite of the publick . ” 2 1 Sir John Hawkins ...
Page 162
... excellent parts , when we were boys together at the college : but , alas ! ' Lost in a convent's solitary gloom ! ' - ' I remember , at the classical lecture in the Hall , I could not bear Meeke's superiority , and I tried to sit as far ...
... excellent parts , when we were boys together at the college : but , alas ! ' Lost in a convent's solitary gloom ! ' - ' I remember , at the classical lecture in the Hall , I could not bear Meeke's superiority , and I tried to sit as far ...
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... excellent charge when presiding over the diocese of Chester , justly animadverts upon this subject ; and observes of a reverend fop , that he " can be but half a beau . " Addison , in " The Spectator , " has given us a fine portrait of ...
... excellent charge when presiding over the diocese of Chester , justly animadverts upon this subject ; and observes of a reverend fop , that he " can be but half a beau . " Addison , in " The Spectator , " has given us a fine portrait of ...
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