“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order, a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons, and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: ...G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... wrote a very great number of dedications for others . Some of these , the persons who were favoured with them , are unwilling should be mentioned , from a too VOL . II . B anxious apprehension , as I think , that they might. JOHNSON'S ...
... wrote a very great number of dedications for others . Some of these , the persons who were favoured with them , are unwilling should be mentioned , from a too VOL . II . B anxious apprehension , as I think , that they might. JOHNSON'S ...
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... hundred lines in a day . I remember , I wrote a hundred lines of ' The Vanity of Human Wishes ' in a day . Doctor ( turning to Goldsmith ) , I am not quite idle ; I made one line t'other day ; but I made BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . [ 1766 .
... hundred lines in a day . I remember , I wrote a hundred lines of ' The Vanity of Human Wishes ' in a day . Doctor ( turning to Goldsmith ) , I am not quite idle ; I made one line t'other day ; but I made BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . [ 1766 .
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... wrote the following account , which he has been pleased to communicate to me : - " The circumstances of Mr. Peregrine Langton were these . He had an annuity for life of two hundred pounds per annum . He resided in a village in ...
... wrote the following account , which he has been pleased to communicate to me : - " The circumstances of Mr. Peregrine Langton were these . He had an annuity for life of two hundred pounds per annum . He resided in a village in ...
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... wrote to him again with- out being able to move his indolence : nor did I hear from him till he had received a copy of my inaugural Exercise , or Thesis in Civil Law , which I published at my admission as an Advocate , as is the custom ...
... wrote to him again with- out being able to move his indolence : nor did I hear from him till he had received a copy of my inaugural Exercise , or Thesis in Civil Law , which I published at my admission as an Advocate , as is the custom ...
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... wrote it before she was acquainted with me ; but she has not told you that I wrote it all over again , except two lines . " " The Fountains , " a beautiful little fairy tale in prose , written with exquisite simplicity , is one of ...
... wrote it before she was acquainted with me ; but she has not told you that I wrote it all over again , except two lines . " " The Fountains , " a beautiful little fairy tale in prose , written with exquisite simplicity , is one of ...
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