The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, 1878 |
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... language . " — Life of Beattie , vol . ii . , p . 166 . Cumberland . " Under the hospitable roof of Mr. Dilly , the biographer of Johnson passed many jovial , joyous hours : here he has located some of the liveliest scenes and most ...
... language . " — Life of Beattie , vol . ii . , p . 166 . Cumberland . " Under the hospitable roof of Mr. Dilly , the biographer of Johnson passed many jovial , joyous hours : here he has located some of the liveliest scenes and most ...
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... language can boast . Even if it were possible to consider his de- lineation of Johnson merely as a character in a novel of the period , the world would have owed him , and acknowledged , no trival obligation . But what can the best ...
... language can boast . Even if it were possible to consider his de- lineation of Johnson merely as a character in a novel of the period , the world would have owed him , and acknowledged , no trival obligation . But what can the best ...
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... Language - Progress of the Work - Kink's Head Club in Ivy Lane - Visit to Tunbridge Wells- " Life of Roscommon " - " Preface to Dodsley's Precep- tor " - " Vision of Theodore the Hermit " - " The Vanity of Human Wishes ” — ” Irene ...
... Language - Progress of the Work - Kink's Head Club in Ivy Lane - Visit to Tunbridge Wells- " Life of Roscommon " - " Preface to Dodsley's Precep- tor " - " Vision of Theodore the Hermit " - " The Vanity of Human Wishes ” — ” Irene ...
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... Language - Johnson's Visit to Lang ton - Institution of " The Club " -Reynolds - Garrick - Dr . Nugent - Granger's " Sugar Cane " -Hypochondriac Attack - Days of Abstraction - Odd Habits - Visit to Dr. Percy- Letter to Reynolds - Visit ...
... Language - Johnson's Visit to Lang ton - Institution of " The Club " -Reynolds - Garrick - Dr . Nugent - Granger's " Sugar Cane " -Hypochondriac Attack - Days of Abstraction - Odd Habits - Visit to Dr. Percy- Letter to Reynolds - Visit ...
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... language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But although he at different times , in a desultory manner , committed to ...
... language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But although he at different times , in a desultory manner , committed to ...
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