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 ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... language ; and that he hoped , after this fair offer , you would not be so uncandid as to assert that he had refused reasonable proof . That you paid no regard to his message , but published your strong attack upon him ; and then he ...
... language ; and that he hoped , after this fair offer , you would not be so uncandid as to assert that he had refused reasonable proof . That you paid no regard to his message , but published your strong attack upon him ; and then he ...
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... language was never written till very lately for the purposes of religion . A nation that cannot write , or a language that was never written , has no manuscripts . 1 My friend has , in this letter , relied upon my testimony , with a ...
... language was never written till very lately for the purposes of religion . A nation that cannot write , or a language that was never written , has no manuscripts . 1 My friend has , in this letter , relied upon my testimony , with a ...
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... language of literary contest . Dr. Johnson's answer appeared in the news - papers of the day , and has since been frequently re - published ; but not with perfect accuracy . I give it as dictated to me by himself , written down in his ...
... language of literary contest . Dr. Johnson's answer appeared in the news - papers of the day , and has since been frequently re - published ; but not with perfect accuracy . I give it as dictated to me by himself , written down in his ...
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... language , which was reported to be preserved somewhere in those regions . But when there came forth an Epick Poem in six books , with all the common circum- stances of former compositions of that nature ; and when , upon an attentive ...
... language , which was reported to be preserved somewhere in those regions . But when there came forth an Epick Poem in six books , with all the common circum- stances of former compositions of that nature ; and when , upon an attentive ...
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... language , and the antiquity of their manu- scripts . I am quite convinced ; and I shall rank Ossian and his Fingals and Oscars , amongst the nursery tales , not the true history of our country , in all time to come . 66 Upon the whole ...
... language , and the antiquity of their manu- scripts . I am quite convinced ; and I shall rank Ossian and his Fingals and Oscars , amongst the nursery tales , not the true history of our country , in all time to come . 66 Upon the whole ...
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