The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 |
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... LONDON , a Poem , in Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal , ' which came out in May this year , and burst forth with a splendour , the rays of which will for ever encircle his name . Boileau had imitated the same satire with great ...
... LONDON , a Poem , in Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal , ' which came out in May this year , and burst forth with a splendour , the rays of which will for ever encircle his name . Boileau had imitated the same satire with great ...
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... London ' was published in May , 1738 ; 1 and it is 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 ...
... London ' was published in May , 1738 ; 1 and it is 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 ...
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... London was .. [ H ] class of people ; " For , Sir , ( said he ) they have lost the civility of tradesmen , without acquiring the manners of gentlemen . " ' Johnson was much attached to London : 1 he observed , that a man stored his mind ...
... London was .. [ H ] class of people ; " For , Sir , ( said he ) they have lost the civility of tradesmen , without acquiring the manners of gentlemen . " ' Johnson was much attached to London : 1 he observed , that a man stored his mind ...
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