The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1925 |
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... 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. Douglas , now Bishop of Salisbury , to whom I am ...
... 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. Douglas , now Bishop of Salisbury , to whom I am ...
Page 242
... remarkable say . ings , and was one of the best of the many imitators of his voice and manner , while relating them . He increased my impatience more and more to see the extraordinary man whose works I highly valued , and whose ...
... remarkable say . ings , and was one of the best of the many imitators of his voice and manner , while relating them . He increased my impatience more and more to see the extraordinary man whose works I highly valued , and whose ...
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... remarkable . Of his power in this respect , our common friend , Mr. Windham , of Norfolk , has been pleased to furnish me with an eminent instance . However unfavourable to Scotland , he uniformly gave liberal praise to George Buchanan ...
... remarkable . Of his power in this respect , our common friend , Mr. Windham , of Norfolk , has been pleased to furnish me with an eminent instance . However unfavourable to Scotland , he uniformly gave liberal praise to George Buchanan ...
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