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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... lived with him , than his genius in his art is admired by the world , explained his conduct thus : " He was fond of discrimination , which he could not shew without pointing out the bad as well as the good in every cha- racter ; and as ...
... lived with him , than his genius in his art is admired by the world , explained his conduct thus : " He was fond of discrimination , which he could not shew without pointing out the bad as well as the good in every cha- racter ; and as ...
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... lived with the great and the witty , should have acquired so ill the talents of conversa- tion : and he had but half to furnish ; for one half of what he said was oaths . " He , however , allowed con- siderable merit to some of his ...
... lived with the great and the witty , should have acquired so ill the talents of conversa- tion : and he had but half to furnish ; for one half of what he said was oaths . " He , however , allowed con- siderable merit to some of his ...
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... lived . " Tom Davies in- stanced Charles the Second . JOHNSON , ( taking fire at any attack upon that Prince , for whom he had an extraordinary partiality ) . " Charles the Second was licentious in his practice ; but he always had a re ...
... lived . " Tom Davies in- stanced Charles the Second . JOHNSON , ( taking fire at any attack upon that Prince , for whom he had an extraordinary partiality ) . " Charles the Second was licentious in his practice ; but he always had a re ...
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... lived . Addison does not seem to have gone deep into Italian literature : he shews nothing of it in his subsequent writings . He shews a great deal of French learning . " M. ] have not , indeed , cut the leaves yet ; Etat . 66. ] 69 DR ...
... lived . Addison does not seem to have gone deep into Italian literature : he shews nothing of it in his subsequent writings . He shews a great deal of French learning . " M. ] have not , indeed , cut the leaves yet ; Etat . 66. ] 69 DR ...
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... lived with him . What I have preserved , however , has the value of the most perfect authenticity . He this day enlarged upon Pope's melancholy re- mark , " Man never is , but always to be blest . " He asserted , that the present was ...
... lived with him . What I have preserved , however , has the value of the most perfect authenticity . He this day enlarged upon Pope's melancholy re- mark , " Man never is , but always to be blest . " He asserted , that the present was ...
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